The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst

Death of the Ibis Death is a sad mournful thing, but many short story's use death as one of the story's plot points like the short story "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst. Hurst uses death and sadness to give this story its realism and not have it be a flat boring story. "The last graveyard flowers were blooming, and their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of our house, speaking softly the names of our dead." My ideas are why hurst worded it this way is because he wanted it to feel sad and unpleasant, but most of all depressing. "Especial red dead birds!" Why dose hurst word this story in layers; why the color red well red is usually accosted with anger. So I'm thinking what if the scarlet ibis was inferring that