The Scarlet Ibis is a short story about a baby named Doodle who’s born with disabilities and how his brother and family treat him. Doodle is very determined, and wanted to be like everyone else. He learns and copies many things that his brother did. Throughout my essay I’m going to show how Doodle becomes a part of the family and learns how to do many things that are hard for him, but simple tasks that are easy for his family and regular people. Doodle is determined to learn new things. Since he had many problems with growing and learning things at the right age he had learned to crawl late. The passage says that,”When he crawled, he crawled backward, as if he were in reverse and couldn’t change gears.” The passage also says that, “Although Doodle learned to crawl, he showed no signs of walking, but he wasn’t idle.” Doodle also had learned to talk and when he did the passage says that, “He talked so much that we all quit listening to what he said.Doodle was determined to learn to walk so his brother says that,”Within a few months Doodle had learned to walk well and his go-cart was put up in the barn loft (it’s still there) beside his little mahogany …show more content…
Doodle’s brother was very rude to him when he didn’t do what he wanted but also Doodle and his brother would have a lot of fun together. When Doodle didn’t meet the expectations of what his brother wanted his brother would be very unhappy with Doodle and would threaten him until he did whatever it was he wanted Doodle to do. In the story it says that, ”Doodle studied the mahogany box for a long time, then said, “It’s not mine”. “It is,” I said.”And before I’ll help you down from the loft, you’re going to have to touch it.” When Doodle’s brother was forcing him to touch it Doodle was scared that he was going to leave him. Since Doodle was so little and hadn’t learned to walk and do other things, his brother took advantage of Doodle a