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The Scarlet Ibis - Online Term Paper

The Scarlet Ibis

When Doodle is two years old he learns to crawl, even though the doctor thinks that his heart condition will keep him from doing even that. He crawls only backwards, reminding the narrator of a doodle-bug. So, the narrator calls his brother Doodle. Doodle soon learns to talk, and begins to show interest in the narrator. Since he can't walk, Brother has to pull Doodle around in a cart. At first the narrator resists Doodle, but then realizes that Doodle is his brother and that he's stuck with him. He takes Doodle to Old Woman Swamp, an extremely beautiful place. Doodle loves it and the two of them spend lots of time there enjoying nature.

Sometimes the narrator is mean to Doodle. Once he ...

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he thinks he taught Doodle to walk only out of shame, not because he cares about Doodle. Still, the boys have lots of fun together after that, roaming the area. Doodle begins to tell wonderful stories.

Mama and Daddy decide Doodle will be ready to go to school in less than a year, near his seventh birthday. Brother decides to teach him "to run, to swim, to climb trees, and to fight" (4.1). Doodle is sick most of the winter, and Brother is busy with school. They don't make much headway. That summer, the summer of 1918, Brother decides to teach Doodle to be athletic like he is. Things go well at first, but as Brother presses him harder, Doodle shows signs of weakness and strain. When school is only a few days away, Doodle hasn't learned all the things Brother wants him to.

At lunch on the Saturday before school starts, they find a scarlet ibis, a tropical bird not native to the area, in a tree in their yard. The ibis dies before their eyes and falls from the tree. Doodle ...

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Added: 9/16/2012 05:50:39 AM
Submitted By: chad24
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 551
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