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The grindstone in "The Scarlet Ibis" symbolizes the weight of burden and regret felt by the narrator. It represents the emotional and psychological toll of the guilt he carries for his actions towards his brother Doodle. The grindstone serves as a reminder of the narrator's inability to let go of his past sins.
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In the short story "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst, Doodle is considered a round character because he is fully developed and exhibits a range of emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Throughout the story, we see Doodle's vulnerabilities, dreams, fears, and growth, making him a complex and multidimensional character.
In "The Scarlet Ibis," Doodle and the go-cart symbolize Doodle's struggle for acceptance and his brother's desire to push him beyond his limits. Initially, the go-cart represents Doodle's physical limitations, but as he learns to walk, it becomes a tool of pride and progress. Ultimately, during a fateful outing, Doodle's brother pushes him too hard, leading to tragic consequences where Doodle's health deteriorates, reflecting the dangers of ambition and the weight of expectations.
Doodle fails to make the physical improvement Brother had set for him to achieve before the beginning of the new school year. Brother wanted to go to school with a brother who was no longer an invalid. When this became impossible Brother was disappointed and angry.
It teaches us everyone is unique and we shouldn't go to great lengths to change that.
The climax is when Brother picks up Doodle's drooping head only to have Doodle's limp body fall backwards and Brother realizes that Doodle has died most likely because of all the physical exertions he put Doodle through because he was too proud to have an invalid for a brother.
in the Scarlet Ibis, Doodle's brother is mad at him and as the thunderstorm starts to come in his brother runs fast knowing his brother is incapable of keeping up. Doodle yells after him " Don't leave me brother, don't leave me." He picks up his pace and the Storm came harder, his brother ran back to get Doodle but it was too late. His brother noticed he was bleeding in the mouth. he became too cold and the doctor told the family he can not be too cold or warm.
Doodle is pulled along in what is called a go cart in the story, but is probably something like a small wagon.
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"The Scarlet Ibis" focuses on how a physically disabled child, born William Armstrong, later referred to as Doodle, grows up with much influence from his older brother. The story is written in the eyes of his unnamed brother, and begins with the narrator's words of grief that fade into his memories when his brother was still alive, when William was first born. The older brother was first extremely disappointed to have an "invalid" brother and was so raged at this that he had planned to actually kill him. But when he saw his brother smile and look straight at him, he gained hope that his brother might be the kind of brother he had always wished for. When William was around the age of 2, his older brother had observed how he would crawl like a doodlebug, in a backward motion,resulting of the creation of the nickname, "Doodle". As Doodle grew and became older, he was transported on a go-cart, having no hope of ever walking...until he was taught to walk by his older brother. The older brother had had many expectations from Doodle and trained him day by day how to run, to climb and to swing. He had put a large amount of hope into making his brother the kind of brother that others had, and therefore started to treat Doodle as if he was the person he had fantasized. But little did he know that his brother was far from being his dream brother-that is at least physically. Consequently came the tragic death of William "Doodle" Armstrong, when the older brother becomes disappointed at Doodle and deserts him in a downpour and comes back to discover Doodle under a tree, blood trickling from his mouth, dead.
A scarlet Ibis dies on their house and Doodle and his brother plan to go bury it. Doodle's brother resents that Doodle is such a slow learner. He is mad at Doodle for not being 'normal.' His hatred for Doodle's disability takes over and he runs away when Doodle cries for help, thinking Doodle will catch up. But Doodle never does catch up, and the brother finds him huddled under a red tree dead.