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Twisted Pride In The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst

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Twisted Pride "Pride is such a double-edged sword, self-Worth on one edge and ego on the other.” In James Hurst’s short story, “The Scarlet Ibis” he writes about an older brother who is overpowered by his pride. Brother has a younger brother named Doodle who is physically disabled. Brother teaches Doodle how to walk, but only because he was ashamed of Doodle not being a normal boy. Brother’s pride had both positive and negative effects. Although with bad intentions Brother’s pride came with positive effects. The first effect that Brother’s had was that it helped him perceive that Doodle was an intelligent human being. “Mama, he smiled. He’s all there! He’s all there! And he was.” His pride was also the reason he taught Doodle how to walk,
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