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The scarlet ibis and simon birch are two very good stories about two boys, Doodle which is the main character from the scarlet ibis and Simon the main character from simon birch, they both were born with heart problems and were very very small, they were both very adventurous and they loved to play outside of course, they had lots of the same character traits. Simon had a very supportive friend and doodle did not Simon's friend told him was a hero and he would live while Doodles brother didn't accept him for who he was and wanted to change him. Simons parents never cared about him or what he was doing just because he was different but Mrs. Wentworth which was simon's friends mom, accepted him no matter what. Doodles parents never treated
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