Two symbols that symbolize Doodle and his death are the scarlet ibis and the coffin. Doodle is a child who was handicapped at birth. Many thought he wouldn’t live or even if he did, he would not be able to be normal. ”For a long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen sacred ibis from the heresy of rain”(102). The narrator refers Doodle as his sacred ibis because he is trying to survive in a time where people with disabilities were frowned upon, like how the ibis was trying to survive in a different climate. The sacred ibis is also related to Doodle because when the narrator was in the rain holding onto Doodle, he saw that he pushed Doodle beyond his limits. This is also very similar when the ibis was pushed past