...“The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst is about William Armstrong, also known as Doodle, who had a physical and mental condition. When he was born William’s brother was six years old, and when William died his brother was thirteen. The story is called “The Scarlet Ibis” because the family saw a bird dying in their backyard which was far away from its native land, and William died away from his home. Mr. Hurst was born in North Carolina at a farm by the sea. He studied singing and in Italy and he became a banker. During his thirty four years as a banker he also published a few short stories including “The Scarlet Ibis”. I personally did not like how the story went but I do like how Mr. Hurst wrote it. I also like how he referred the scarlet ibis...
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...that. She thinks that doodling can have a profound impact on the why that we process information and the way that we deal with problems. The reasons why doodling is not accepted in today’s society: * No flattering definition. * Powerful cultural norm against doodling. * Press reinforce this norm by using ‘caught’, ‘found out’. * Psychological aversion against doodling, because Freud told us all that you can analyse people’s psyches based on their doodles. (Not accurate) Sunni Brown thinks our society is blinded to the value of visual communication because our culture is to focused on verbal communication. This believe should be burst by telling the truth about doodling. Doodling is an incredible powerful tool and we need to relearn this. This is Sunni’s new definition of doodling: “To make spontaneous marks to help yourself think”. And doodling should be used in classrooms, boardrooms or even the war room. And this is why she thinks this should be the definition: * People who doodle when exposed to verbal information retain more of that information than their non-doodling counterparts. Doodling stops you from losing focus. * Doodling has a profound effect on creative problem solving and deep information processing. Because people have four ways of in taking information: visual, auditory, reading/writing and kinaesthetic. When you really want to learn something, two of those four should be engaged or one of those coupled with an emotional experience...
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...Have you ever been told you couldn’t do something and did it anyway. Have you ever had the odds stacked against you and you still made it through. Well that’s a lot like the character Doodle from the story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. Doodle had a lot of things going against him since the day he was born. He was thought to be dead at a very young age when he was born but Doodle made it through. Doodle had an amazing will power and he was able to crawl with his crippled body but he was never strong enough to walk, at least by himself. Doodle had a really good brother who tried his best to help Doodle run,walk and swim even though he did that for the pride he felt, he still cared about Doodle and tried his best to make Doodle successful....
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...In the following paragraphs i’m going to be talking about Doodle and his older brother. The article that we read was called The scarlet ibis. The article talks about doodle and what happened to him and how it happened to him. His older brother which is the narrator talks about him. Doodle was a different kid because he had a disease that was supposed to kill him but didn't. His dad made him a coffin when his was a baby because he wasn’t supposed to live a long life. His older brother showed doodle his coffin and he thought his older brother was going to leave him up there alone with the coffin. The narrator was helping him walk, run, row a boat, and swim and one day on his birthday he showed his family that he could walk, his family was so proud and surprised that he could walk. The narrator started to teach him how to run, row a boat, and swim. Then one day it started to rain hard and they started to run towards the house, the narrator started to run faster and left doodle behind and he collapsed and died....
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...The trait that Doodle, one of the protagonists in “The Scarlet Ibis”, possesses is empathy towards all things. Doodle exhibits this trait is when he and his family are eating breakfast in the middle of the story and they hear a loud thud coming from their back yard. The family ventures outside to find a large scarlet ibis, a bird roughly the size of a chicken and native to South America and the islands of the Caribbean, sitting in their tree. The weary and ill looking bird is perched on the highest branch of the tree, resting. When the ibis makes an attempt at flight, it tumbles to the ground, jerks its neck and dies. Doodle shows his empathy to the dead bird when he buries the ibis. “Doodle remained kneeling. ‘I’m going to bury him.’… he carried...
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...tragedy. After dinner both of them went to go down to the swamp. The brother was walking a little faster than usual since he wanted to finish his program before school which was not that far off. So the brother had to take more drastic measures.. To me this is one of the biggest stepping stones that lead to the tragedy. Nevertheless Doodle kept up even though his face was a pale white. When they had got to the swamp their plans had to change. A storm had brewed out of nowhere. They both fled, but doodle could not keep up and fell and yelled for his brother. In this moment the brother was the most selfish person on the planet. He wanted Doodle to run at any cost. He could not be known as the child with a crippled brother it was that important to him. And so he leaves him behind in the rain. Now he is thinking that above all odds Doodle will run over the hill and toward him, but that does not happen. He goes back down where Doodle last was and Doodle was there, but not alive. Only when it is too late dose the brother see the error of his ways....
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...Doodle is a scarlet Ibis because of the characteristics they have in common. As stated in the story the Scarlet Ibis "lives in the tropics--South America to Florida, so as a reader I can infer that the Scarlet Ibis was an indigenous bird to Doodle's area. Why is this important? Well it's important because it shows how the Scarlet Ibis was out of place. This concept of being out of place also relates to Doodle because he is described in the story as "......From the outset, a disappointment. He seemed all head, with a tiny body which was red ad shriveled like an old man's." From this, it is told that Doodle too was out of place in the world since he was sickly. Lastly, Doodle is like the Scarlet Ibis because of their physical similarities between...
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...The song “Yankee Doodle” is a primary source that hails from the period of the American Revolution. It was originally sang by the British troops as they marched to the first battle of the Revolutionary War, but the rebel troops stole it as their own and changed the verses. Consequently, there are many variations of the “Yankee Doodle” song; each with new verses created by the American rebel army. Henceforth, each version carries a different purpose. For instance, the original version sang by the British troops insulted the “typical” American by referring to them as “doodles”; people that were badly dressed and uneducated. Their purpose behind this slander might have been to injure the rebel forces’ pride; therefore weakening their will to fight....
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...“Small doesn’t mean insignificant. Small can be mighty” (Five). “The Scarlet Ibis,” by James Hurst, is a short story about a young, disabled boy named Doodle. He was born with a weak heart and was expected to die. The movie Simon Birch is also about a young boy, named Simon, who was born with an abnormally small heart and was not expected to live for more than a week. The characters Doodle and Simon are similar because they were miracles, disappointments, and strong-willed. Doodle and Simon were miracles. “Everybody thought he was going to die…But he didn’t die” (Hurst 1). Doodle was given the chance to live and grow stronger. “…Dr. Wells warned the Birches that Simon probably wouldn’t last a week. But he did” (Johnson, Simon Birch). Simon...
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...Week of November 26th, 2012 University Applicants – Please see your Guidance Counsellor for your University PIN Students who were unable to attend the Graduating Student Assembly can access the information at www.earlhaig.ca – Guidance page under Graduating Student Assembly. Students are reminded to read all information carefully. UNIVERISTY VISITS TO EARL HAIG • McGill University Friday, Nov. 30th 9:00 a.m. – Cringan Hall UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO (HIGH SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM) GRADE 11 PROGRAM March 11th-15th, 2013 This is a great opportunity for Grade 11 students of excellent potential to participate in a program ranging from engineering and the environment to science fiction and virtual reality. Students will spend a week exploring the theme of design with a community of like-minded peers at the University of Waterloo. Application deadline: Postmarked December 14th, 2012 Program fee: $450 For more information visit: http://www.unlimited.uwaterloo.ca RBC Black History Month Student Essay Competition Students who wish to enter this competition must write a 750 word essay responding to the following Question: “How have black Canadians helped to define Canada’s diverse heritage and identify through their achievements and contributions to the broader society?” The essay is due to the organizers on the December 17th. For more information please see the guidance...
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...4. What similarities do you think a sustainable business start-up shares with a “normal business” start-up? What differences do you think there are? Give an example of a business challenge that both Simply Green and a conventional fuel dealer share. Give an example of a business challenge that was unique to Simply Green and would not have affected a conventional fuel dealer from the chapter. "We aren't getting the kind of cooperation that we'd like from the Russians in terms of their internal threats," Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said in an appearance on "Fox News Sunday." "It means that we're less effective in protecting our people, and that's a frustration," Schiff said. More than 70,000 Russian security officers have been deployed to protect the Olympic venues in Sochi. Russian President Vladimir Putin describes the layers of security around Sochi as the "ring of steel." The United States has set up a command center in Sochi with some 150 security personnel from the FBI, the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security. The American ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, said the U.S. is "quite satisfied" with the cooperation coming from Russian security officials. "We always want to know more and if you work in the intelligence business you always want more information from any interlocutor, from any partner country," McFaul said. "That said, we do not have an interest in embarrassing the Russians...
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...“Dun Dun Doodle” In the story i felt as if brother was guilty. Here are a couple pieces that support my thoughts and ideas on why and how i came up with the explanation of brother being guilty and how pride can turn into a destructive force if used improperly or if it goes to your head. One reason why I think brother is responsible of Doodles death is because brother would be mean to Doodle for no reason what so ever. Sometimes brother would flip the go-kart over on him when they were out in the yard. Brother even showed Doodle his coffin from when the family thought he would die, and brother made Doodle touch his coffin before he would get him down. Another reason why I feel like...
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...Many people have goals for their life, like Lennie and Doodle. Sadly some goals can never be reached. The novel Of Mice and Men and the story “The Scarlet Ibis”, Lennie and Doodle never achieve their dreams. Both Lennie and Doodle die without a dream. Lennie always has to listen to George and Doodle needs his brother. The following passages have many similarities. One being both Lennie and Doodle Die.; Also Lennie and Doodle both are disabled. They never get a chance to try on their own. Lennie and Doodle die without something to be happy about. Lennie’s last words were “Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now pg.106”. Lennie dies talking about the place him and George were going to get; which happens to be his dream. If Lennie did not have...
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...In the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis”, Doodle and the Ibis are very similar. The narrator explains what had happened to the ibis. “Sadly, we all looked back at the bird. A scarlet ibis! How many miles it had traveled to die like this, in our yard, beneath the bleeding tree.” The scarlet ibis is in an unknown area and it has surprised everybody by showing up. This poor bird has traveled so such a long way, just so it could die. In addition, Doodle, like the bird, has traveled and worked so hard, just to have the same fate as the scarlet ibis. “Finally one day, after many weeks of practicing, he stood alone for a few seconds. When he fell, I grabbed him in my arms and hugged him, our laughter pealing through the swamp like a ringing bell....
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...First, Doodles death was on purpose. The brother wanted to kill him when he was a baby by stuffing a pillow in his face. Doodles brother was already thinking of killing Doodle when he though Doodle was not all there. The following text was on the story, “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, and having one that was no all there was unbearable, I began to make plans to kill him’ (Hurst 595). The brother knew Doodle was not all there so he wanted to end his life with a pillow. Next, the brother ran as fast as he could leaving Doodle way behind to where there was a wall of rain that separated them. The next text shows this, “the knowledge that Doodle and my plans had come to naught was bitter & the streak of cruelty within me awakened’...
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