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Symbolism In The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst

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“The Scarlet Ibis” a short story written by James Hurst. He uses numerous literary devices, however the main one he focused on is symbolism. He uses the scarlet ibis to symbolize Doodle’s loneliness and death. There are various examples throughout the story showing the symbolism. One example symbolized in the scarlet ibis is Doodle’s struggle to survive in his environment. The scarlet ibis could not fly, this weakness resulted in great difficulty for him to survive. In the text it states “How many miles it had traveled to die like this, in our backyard, underneath the bleeding tree”(180). Doodle suffered from a heart condition. This condition resulted in his inability to walk, then leaving him unfit to live in the environment surrounding
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