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The Scarlet Ibis Symbol Analysis
In the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst there are many symbolic meanings, but the most common and predictable one is the Scarlet Ibis bird. Doodle wasn't born like the average person. “Everyone thought he was going to die except Aunt Nicey, who had delivered him. She said he would live because he was born in a caul and cauls were made from jesus nightgown” (pg.416)Doodle and the scarlet ibis bird have much in common. Doodle was born weak, feeble, with problems, and for that matter of fact people believed he wouldn’t have much time to live. He had lived past 3 months and they had named him.The representation he has with the scarlet ibis is that after the storm that had occurred, a scarlet ibis bird was blown all the way into Doodle’s
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