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The King And The Stonecutter

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Short stories has theme's like The King and the Shirt and The Stonecutter, so these are the themes from the stories. The first story teaches us that happiness isn't determined by how wealthy someone is, but being happy for what each person has. How that lesson was taught was that the happiest man didn't even have a shirt. The second story The Stonecutter shows that power comes in many ways. The lesson that was taught is that the rock wasn't as strong as a stone cutter. In conclusion, people don't need everything to have happiness or power. Some brothers are nice like in The Scarlet Ibis and some are distant like in The sniper but these are what the relationship is with the protagonist and his brother. In the first story The sniper his brother
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Brother, the main character of the short story, "The Scarlet Ibis," proves himself to have a double sided personality. On one hand, Brother can be characterized as mean and harsh. The author portrays this behavior when Brother neglectfully tries to shape Doodle into his image despite his clear inability. On the other hand, Brother can be characterized as nice and caring. This personality is shown through his motivation and pride in Doodle due to his accomplishments.

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The brothers of the protagonist characters in The Sniper and The Scarlet Ibis both had s difficult relationship with each other. The Sniper, the brother that was a sniper, shot hit brother in war. The sniper in the story did not not know the man he shot was his brother. I would assume the brother and the sniper did not have a good relationship if they were on opposite sides. The other story, The Scarlet Ibis, a brother had something to do with the death of his younger brother Doodle.

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Both of the themes in this story also play a significant role in my life. For instance, there 's friendship. Friendship is something that everyone should have. You might have a lot of friends, or just a few. Either way a friend is someone that you can trust and depend on.

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