Examples Of Greed In The Scarlet Ibis

Pride, greed, and vanity. All three of the words I just listed are how Doodle, the sweet special needs boy, was killed by his brother. If you read this story, you will discover that leading up to Doodles death, all of these words are present. The Scarlet Ibis starts out with Brother’s (the narrator) baby brother being born. He is born in his caul, which means he is special. When Doodle is born, it turns out he is disabled with a heart condition. Brother is upset, and even kind of wants to kill him. But, slowly, Doodle begins to get better. He starts smiling and crawling backward, which is how he gets his nickname Doodle. One day, when Doodle is now 5, Brother is embarrassed to have a brother who is getting older and still can not walk. Brother decides to teach him how to walk. Brother is not very careful with Doodle, but he does it and ends up teaching Doodle how to walk. It is a glorious moment since Doodle is now able to be more normal, but he still has to be careful to not overclock his weak
When Brother was younger and Doodle had just been born, Brother was told he needed to be careful with his new baby brother. Even though teaching Doodle how to walk was a new and exciting thing, he technically wasn’t supposed to. If something would have gone wrong sooner instead of later, Doodle could have ended up dying much earlier than he did. On the last page, Brother makes Doodle row n the canoe even though he is very tired. He also broke into a run, leaving Doodle behind, expecting him to catch up even though he is crying out and begging for Brother. If you think about this moment and analyze it in your head, it is quite upsetting to think that only if Brother would have rowed the canoe for Doodle and slowly walked home with him instead of sprinting and trying to beat the rain, Doodle would get to rest and would have lived. Even if it was only for a week more or even a day, Doodle would have