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Have you ever wondered how an older brother feels about the younger one? For example, in Tangerine, a novel by Edward Bloor, the main character Paul, had feared his older brother, Erik, for his entire life. In the book, Erik is described as a selfish character that didn’t care for Paul in the very least. Just the opposite, Erik often likes to make choices that would make Paul feel bad. Erik’s choices have caused Paul to be blind, made him think himself as a coward, and weakened the friendships between Paul and Joey.
Henry Lee, the protagonist, has many relationships, specifically with his father, Marty, and Keiko, that are
The Different Sides of Brother Most siblings growing up don’t get along. They get into lots of fights and plain just don’t like each other. Sometimes they say things they don’t mean including; go away, you’re so stupid, I hate you, and even sometimes I’m going to kill you. In the story The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst, there is a character named Brother.
There are stories about characters having a brother who has a deep effect on them which could be because the characters care for their brother. Two stories that are about this are called “A Brother’s Crime” and “The Scarlet Ibis”. Inside “A Brother’s Crime” is about Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth, learning about their brother’s crime and has to deal with it. The story “A Scarlet Ibis” is about how a brother has pride in their own little brother that ends badly because of how that pride has good and bad. In “A Brother’s Crime” and “The Scarlet Ibis”, the actions of a brother had a profound effect on one of the main characters.
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.
In " The Sniper" and "The Scarlet Ibis" the protagonists have weird with their brothers. In the story "The Sniper" the protagonist shoots his brother who is on the opposite side of the civil war. The sniper has to shoot out an enemy vehicle but after lighting a smoke someone shoots at him. Then he shoots the person after tricking the enemy but the enemy turns out to be the brother. The second story " The Scarlet Ibis" is about a guy who is ashamed of his little brother.
Lee and Longstreet are pretty close. When Jackson dies, Lee relies more on Longstreet. Longstreet is very confident in Lee. Lee trusts Longstreet for his honesty and forthrightness. Lee depends on Longstreet to lead his corps in an experienced way.
The stories The Sniper and The Scarlet Ibis show us that the protagonist have a relationship with their brother. The Sniper shows us that the protagonist might have had a good relationship with his brother. The story does not really tell us that he even had a brother but when the protagonist shot him not knowing it was him. He crawled over there and look at the body and it was his brother and was very sad. The second story shows us that the protagonist had a good relationship with his brother.
The short story, “Heading West” by Miriam Davis Colt explains the conflict the protagonist faces by feeling sad about leaving her mother and when she arrives at the new city, it does not exist. The protagonist talks about her conflict about leaving her mother by writing, “Have visited mother very hard, for, in all probability it is the last visit we shall have” (Colt 546-547). This conflict for the protagonist is a road block in her goal of going to the new company because she does not want to leave her mother and never seeing her again until they both pass away. The conflict this protagonist is facing is man vs. self because as much as she knows how important it is for her to go to the vegetarian company because it will help them financially
Brother can be characterized as cruel, and mean. Although the story starts and Brother wants a younger sibling, once he is given one he is very cruel to him. Doodle is fragile when born, and most thought he was going to die. However,
Lee recently discussed the meeting and confrontation with Emanuel with Chicago Magazine. Emanuel wanted to "paint me as this villain," Lee said. "To be honest, he's a bully." And how did Lee respond to being bullied?
“The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it,”(Vanna Bonta). Brother, a character from the story “The Scarlet Ibis,” by James Hurst, is a character unlike others from various stories. He is not described as a normal character and he does not find himself to be in a position of unknown power nor does he go on a great adventure. Brother recognizes the “evil” inside of himself and has sociopathic tendencies towards a family member. He shows no signs of guilt towards what he is doing to his brother until it kills him and despite all this, he is neither the hero nor the villain of the narrative.
Throughout one’s life, one tends to adapt to the traditions of their family, and gain a significant bond with their loved ones, including their siblings. However, that connection a person gains can either be diminished or forgotten due to a sense of different mindsets between family members. The two stories “The Rich Brother” by Tobias Wolff and “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin indicate that sibling rivalry occurs when each member does not understand or acknowledge their sibling’s perspective, and this builds a wall barrier between the siblings.
To the West!? The Oregon Trail!? It is not going on a nice vacation. Yet Mum and Pop said ”the Oregon Trail would be the most brilliant decision for our family.” There goes my nearly good life.
In the short stories, “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “Wildwood” by Junot Diaz, there are a similar type of theme and main character. Both short stories utilize a theme of freedom and a main character that goes along with the theme. The main character is one that is “held back” and wants to have freedom, but there is an antagonist that is preventing that from happening. However, towards the end of the story, there is a plot twist and change in the mindset of the main character. Both stories end very differently, but with the same sort of idea.
