Having too much pride can cause you to overlook actions and only see the result of what you are doing. In the story “The Scarlet Ibis” brother gets to much pride from teaching Doodle to walk so he creates a program to teach Doodle to swim,run, climb trees and to fight. He worked Doodle till he turned purple.“And I prepared a terrific development program …show more content…
for him, unknown to Mama and Daddy”(Hurst 4). This shows that when someone has too much pride and confidence they can do stuff without being cautious of what they are doing to achieve that goal. In the Scarlet Ibis Brother gains a lot of pride when he teaches Doodle how to walk so he creates a program to help him do more but he is so focused on his goal of teaching Doodle he does not pay attention to how he does it as long as he gets it done. Having too much pride can be a bad thing because it can make you overlook actions and only see the outcome.
In addition, pride can be a good thing because it can make you determined to do something and can give you confidence.
When brother has confidence and pride he can accomplish more with Doodle. HE has determination to make Doodle do all the things he does. “Making them cross their hearts and hope to die if they peeked. I helped Doodle up, and when he was standing alone I let them look. There wasn’t a sound as Doodle walked slowly across the room and sat down at his place at the table. Then Mama began to cry and ran over to him, hugging him and kissing him. Daddy hugged him too, so I went to Aunt Nicey, who was thanks praying in the doorway, and began to waltz her around”(Hurst 3). This shows that Brother has a lot of confidence because he and his family celebrate with Doodle after he walks across the room on his own. Since Brother has this confidence he can help Doodle so other things such as fighting and swimming because he is determined but he trains Doodle till he turns purple. Having a lot of pride is a good thing since Brother wants to help Doodle and he can do that better with more confidence. Having a lot of pride can be a good thing because it can give you determination to do something.
Brothers pride is a good and bad thing because he can get to confident and push Doodle too far but it can be a good thing because he is determined to get Doodle to walk,swim and run. Pride can be a bad thing because it can make you overlook your actions and you only see the goal. It can
also be a good thing because it gives you confidence and determination. Everyone should have pride but too much can be dangerous while too little can be bad as well.