The Side Of Pride In The Scarlet Ibis

The Sides of Pride No one thought he would live but he did, no one thought he could walk but he did, and they were proud. In the story the scarlet ibis they were so proud of doodle being able to walk and happy, but when that pride was unfulfilled it became painful. Pride is neutral it can be good or bad depending on your situation. Being proud can make you happy and be a lot of fun. Because of his brothers pride doodle learned to walk. This event caused his family to be happy, and in turn made them proud of him. Doodle had just learned to walk and his family couldn’t be happier. Because of this doodle himself was happy. “ 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 to him hugging and kissing him. Daddy hugged him too,”(Hurst 2). This shows that pride can be great and bring people great joy, especially in this seemingly miraculous occurrence. Pride can cause people to be immensely happy like it did in the story. Though being proud can have a dark side. Pride can build you up like previously told in the last body sentence, or it can become painful. “ I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death”(Hurst 3). This shows that there are two sides to pride, two opposing elements, such as life and death or happiness and sadness. There is a risk to pride, it can be painful in some cases as opposed to the happiness it could cause in the alternate occurrences. Pride is both good and bad. Pride caused the characters in the story to be happy but it also caused them to be sad or upset in some way. Having pride is a gamble. It could mean happiness from success or sadness from failure.