This short story is called "The Scarlet Ibis" and the author is James Hurst. This is a story of a boy with an invalid brother. His brother's name is Doodle. Doodle's brother tries to teach him numerous activities regular kids can do. The character Doodle can best be described as a loyal and a sensitive person. He is loyal because he never told on his brother, even when he was cruel. For example, as Doodle cries and begs his brother not to force him to touch his coffin he says, "Then I'll leave you here by yourself." This shows that Doodle is loyal because if you read more it says he did not tell on him after that incident. This is because he was being loyal. In addition, when taking him out on his go cart sometimes he would "accidentally