The symbols that are in this story tell a story themselves and will help it build towards that big picture. The first symbol that is at most one of the more important ones in the story The Scarlet Ibis! Though The Scarlet Ibis is actually dying, it is the family that encounters it in the final moment of the story, as it is clearly a strong symbol for the character named Doodle. As like Doodle is a strength has seemed to have left it, and through tough times it has fought through things such as a terrible storm. Its unable to carry on any longer, alone it is and weak in the cruel world. The narrator who is telling this story has not realized how alike Doodle and the ibis are until he holds Doodle to him in the very end. As he is noticing the pure color of Doodle's blood and the moneyness of his weak limbs.
Nature is a recurring symbol in this tender story. The beauty of the natural world enhances Doodle and his brothers live and are like a distraction almost that helps tell the story. There are descriptions of places that occur over and over again such as The Old
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The title of this text is "The Scarlet Ibis," and as you may know the enchanting color scarlet is a shade of red. The ibis residences in the bleeding tree, which reminds shall remind us subconsciously of the color red. When Doodle passes in the later text, his blood stains his skin and his shirt a red color that the narrator recognizes. Apart from the obvious references, the story also points out the fact that Doodle's body as red when he is a baby: "a tiny body which was red and shriveled" (Part I). In the text, the color red is a straightforward symbol for death. Now, however, it may also be the symbol for beauty in a few instances as the beautiful ibis, the red tree resides in, and some of nature. This may seem a bit twisted, but it is an accurate representation of the mess of the problems in Doodle's