A tone pengeulan is a concept that swings back and forth throughout a piece of literature. Authors often times use to contracting tones in a story. ¨ The Scarlet Ibis¨ is a story about overcoming adversity and being strong-willed. James Hurst, author of ¨The Scarlet Ibis¨ utilizes diction and characterization to provide evidence of a tone pengeulan that goes from unworthiness to worthiness.
Doodle was a young boy that was born with an unknown illness which caused him to be almost completely invalid. When Doodle was born, he was thought to be unworthy and useless. The doctors did not believe he would ever be able to run, walk, or even roll over. Originally Doodle´s name was, William Armstrong, for the reason that, ¨such a name sounds good only