The Scarlet Ibis
In The Scarlet Ibis, what evidence does the narrarator use to support his claim that Doodle was a burden in many ways?
Doodle was a burden because he really couldn't do a whole lot for himself. He was very weak and very dependent. The narrator had to take him with him wherever he went and he had to be careful with him at all times. He had a lot of restrictions when taking Doodle around with him. To a young boy, lugging his brother around with him wherever he went would become a nuisance."Daddy built him a go-cart and I had to pull him around. At first I just paraded him up and down the piazza, but then he started crying to be taken out into the yard, and it ended up by my having to lug him wherever I went. If I so much as picked up my cap, he'd start crying to go with me and Mama would call from where she was, 'Take Doodle with you.'"
Another section right after this explains how he was a burden.
"He was a burden in many ways. The doctor had said that he mustn't get too excited, too hot, too cold, or too tired and that he must always be treated gently. A long list of don'ts when with him, all of which I ignored once we got out of the house."
Re-tell about finding the coffin from Doodles point of view in "The Scarlet Ibis".
This is from Doodle's point of view, and it's similar to the style of writing that Hurst used.
My brother could be so nice to me. When he took me out to Old Woman Swamp for the first time, I was so amazed at its beauty. He would gather wild flowers for us and then we would make necklaces and crowns out of them. The days that he took me out there, he was a good big brother. However, there were days when I could see his cruelty. Some days I wondered if he was mad at me. One day he took me out to he barn and made me go up in the loft with him. He told me some story about a casket that was up there. He said it was for me. It was scary to look at it. It was a dark red, sort of like dried blood. I didn't like it and I wanted to get
Doodle was a burden because he really couldn't do a whole lot for himself. He was very weak and very dependent. The narrator had to take him with him wherever he went and he had to be careful with him at all times. He had a lot of restrictions when taking Doodle around with him. To a young boy, lugging his brother around with him wherever he went would become a nuisance."Daddy built him a go-cart and I had to pull him around. At first I just paraded him up and down the piazza, but then he started crying to be taken out into the yard, and it ended up by my having to lug him wherever I went. If I so much as picked up my cap, he'd start crying to go with me and Mama would call from where she was, 'Take Doodle with you.'"
Another section right after this explains how he was a burden.
"He was a burden in many ways. The doctor had said that he mustn't get too excited, too hot, too cold, or too tired and that he must always be treated gently. A long list of don'ts when with him, all of which I ignored once we got out of the house."
Re-tell about finding the coffin from Doodles point of view in "The Scarlet Ibis".
This is from Doodle's point of view, and it's similar to the style of writing that Hurst used.
My brother could be so nice to me. When he took me out to Old Woman Swamp for the first time, I was so amazed at its beauty. He would gather wild flowers for us and then we would make necklaces and crowns out of them. The days that he took me out there, he was a good big brother. However, there were days when I could see his cruelty. Some days I wondered if he was mad at me. One day he took me out to he barn and made me go up in the loft with him. He told me some story about a casket that was up there. He said it was for me. It was scary to look at it. It was a dark red, sort of like dried blood. I didn't like it and I wanted to get