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Summary Of The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst

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The Scarlet Ibis is a short story by James Hurst telling about Brother and his disabled little brother Doddle. Brother just wants to have a 'normal' six-year old brother, so he sets out for it. Brother tries to fill in the hole in his heart caused by shame and selfishness toward Doddle as the story continues. " I made him swim until he turned blue, and row until he couldn't lift an oar." (hurst 341) Brother teaches Doddle out of selfishness, and does it all for himself, not evening asking Doddle how he felt about it or what he thought. In the previous expert it shows how Brother is so caught up in his determination that he doesn't even let doddle rest. Brother is more caught up in not having a 'normal' little Brother that he doesn't see that
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