In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis,” James Hurst uses the writing strategy of characterization in order to develop the central idea of brotherhood. For instance, brother helped Doodle move around with a go cart. According to the story, “It was about that time that daddy built him a go-cart and I had to pull him around.” This evidence clearly shows that “brother” cares for Doodle. Brother can be characterized as loving and caring towards Doodle. Brother could have said, “no” but he helped Doddle move around. Brother was striving to teach Doodle to walk. Although he was disabled and was expected to die. The story states, “I’m going to teach you to walk Doodle” I said I can’t walk brother, he said “Who says so?” I demand “you can walk.” The