...Jessica Lange, a famous actress once beautifully stated, “Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life altering lessons.” Acceptance and tolerance mean appreciating the differences in people and respecting people for who they are. When one is tolerant, they understand and reverence others that have a different gender, ethics, feelings, and behaviors than them. In the stories “The Scarlet Ibis” written by James Hurst, and “Raymond’s Run” written by Toni Cade Bambara, the authors depicted the relationships with disabled siblings. These relationships could have a significant impact on these siblings’ life later on. Notwithstanding bearing the fact that Doodle’s brother and Squeaky previously displayed infinitesimal tolerance towards their younger siblings’ incapacity, the differences that it unfold in their stages of tolerance as the stories continue are relatively remarkable. Initially, a similarity relating to tolerance found in “The Scarlet Ibis” and “Raymond’s Run” is how both Squeaky and Brother both take care their disabled sibling. In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis,” Doodle was the younger brother who was born with physical disabilities. The narrator, who was known as Brother in the story supervises Doodle because he was determined to make Doodle to become his ideal brother. Specifically on paragraph 10 Brother remarked, “ When Doodle was five years old, I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn’t walk, so I set out to teach him.” This...
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...fallen Scarlet Ibis from the heresy of rain.” In James Hurst’s short story; “The Scarlet Ibis”, two brothers create a good relationship over a short amount of time. There are three main concepts within the short story. Pride, love and death. Pride; there’s not much to say. Brother ends up doing anything to Doodle for his own pride. Brother has done actions for his own pride instead of doing it for Doodle’s well-being. When Brother and Doodle showed Mama, Daddy and aunt Nicey that Doodle can walk brother thought, “They did not know that I did it for myself, that pride.” When Brother taught Doodle how to walk he did it for his own pride. Little did Doodle know Brother wasn’t...
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...Argumentative Essay-Scarlet “Pride is a wonderful terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death” James Hurst wrote this quote in his short story The Scarlet Ibis. In other words, James Hurst is saying, Pride can be both good and bad depending on how you look at it. This quote sums up the effects of pride on human life, both the good and bad. Pride enables a person to accomplish tasks. Pride assists one in achieving goals. Also, pride motivates a person to grow confidence. Acknowledging the other view of ways pride could be an unattractive quality to possess. Too much pride can damage other’s and one’s self. Referring to a quote from page 172 in “The Scarlet Ibis” states “don’t hurt me brother” he warned “oh shut up...
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...Critical Essay Assignment “The Most Dangerous Game,” “The Scarlet Ibis,” and “ Blues Ain’t No Mockingbird” all are short stories that possess different messages, characters, setting, and plot. Based on the elements stated previously, the best of the mentioned three is “The Scarlet Ibis.” “The Scarlet Ibis” holds a very important message in the story, which is pride. Pride is linked directly to shame and embarrassment like a scale, where no embarrassment or shame leads to a head held high. In the story, Brother is feeling ashamed due to Doodle’s disability, and at one point he considers killing him with a pillow. However, Brother’s feelings for Doodle changes as he further connects with him when he teaches Doodle how to walk on his fragile...
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...The theme of loyalty and betrayal is analyzed across “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, “My Brother’s Keeper” by Jay Bennet, and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. These stories present a deep dive into brotherhood and human dynamics. Each narrative offers a setting where loyalty strengthens or unravels bonds between one another, leading to a form of betrayal at the end of the narration. Furthermore, the relationship between the two brothers in “The Scarlet Ibis” is characterized by a complexity of loyalty and betrayal. The narrator’s dedication to his little brother Doodle stems from a sense of responsibility, which later reverts into a connection driven by pride throughout the story. At the end of the story, the narrator shares his last thoughts...
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...leave a specific message or moral for the reader to remember. In “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst the theme is to always have faith in someone’s potential and abilities, even if the odds are against them. The specific writing techniques James Hurst uses in his short story are foreshadowing, interesting dialogue, and inner conflict. The author uses foreshadowing to help prepare the reader for what is going to happen later in the story. During the story this is shown through the narrator’s feelings about Doodle, “I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death.” (Hurst 3) The narrator is questioning his relationship with his brother Doodle, and how much he...
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...Guilt is an emotion caused by an action. These actions may be used for bad, or used for good, but for the wrong reason. In the short story “The Scarlet Ibis”, by James Hurst, a boy and his crippled brother, Doodle, create a good, but unhealthy relationship that causes problems in both lives. In James Hurst’s flashback, the most powerful emotion the narrator, Brother, expresses is guilt because at the end of every conflicted event, the narrator feels guilty. Brother feels guilty for his actions and strongly expresses the emotion guilt. While the narrator wants to kill his brother, he has a realization, “…’Mama,’ he smiled. ‘He’s all there! He’s all there!’ and he was” (Hurst 2). Brother is too young to understand what death is, but he knows...
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...In “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst, we are shown a picture of a brotherly relationship that is destroyed by shame and pride. The protagonist chooses to help Doodle in the story but realizes too late that his motivations were selfish and hurtful. And although he learns much from his younger, invalid brother, it is the final cost of the lesson that will remain with him. Throughout the story, the author utilizes literary techniques and devices to convey the overall meanings and tone. The most prominent are metaphor and simile. The usage of the simile, “Keeping a nice secret is very hard to do, like holding your breath”, shows the contrast of life and death. In the story, the narrator and his “invalid” brother sets out every single...
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...The book “The Scarlet Ibis”, written by James Hurst, is a story that represents the relationship of Doodle and Brother and the difficulties that both of the young men face throughout their childhood while dealing with Doodle’s physical challenges. Both Doodle and Brother live on a cotton field in North Carolina near Old Woman Swamp which was a key place for making many memories, good and bad. Old Woman Swamp was the only beauty the two brothers knew growing up where they did. Brother is embarrassed to have a physically challenged brother, Doodle, so he tries to make him “normal”. Weather it be for Brother’s own ego, or Brother wanting Doodle to feel good about himself, Brother teaches Doodle to walk. Brother was a very normal boy always...
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