The Scarlet Ibis
I. “The Scarlet Ibis” is a story about the results of pride.

A. The narrator in “The Scarlet Ibis” says, “I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bares two vines, life and death.”

B. The narrator is disappointed with his brother which changes when his pride leads him to wonderful and horrible outcomes.

II. The narrator expresses his disappointment with his brother Doodle.

A. “…from the outset a disappointment. He seemed all head, with a tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old man’s.”

B. “They named him William Armstrong, which was like tying a big tail on a small kite. Such a name sounds good only on a tombstone.”

C. “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having