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    The narrator has a younger brother whom is disabled‚ Doodle. The narrator decides he wants to teach Doodle to walk and run. This is one of his major flaws. He has too much pride to have a brother that cannot do a lot of things. This ultimately leads to the narrator leaving Doodle for dead in a large storm. The narrator does not take Doodle into account for his plan. He only cares that “[He] was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn’t

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    Ray Bradbury and was written during the Cold War time period. Over all “The Scarlet Ibis” was about a little boy named Doodle‚ who everyone thought would die very soon‚ but with the help of his brother‚ who was embarrassed by him‚ Doodle learned to do stuff that everyone was convinced he could not do. Unfortunately later in the story Doodle’s brother had worked him to hard‚ and Doodle passed away from exhaustion. Next the story “The Golden Kite‚ the Silver Wind” the main idea was that life was full

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    gleaming white‚ and the pale fence across the yard stands straight and spruce. But sometimes (like right now)‚ as I sit in the cool‚ green-draped parlor‚ the grindstone begins to turn‚ and time with all its changes is ground away-and I remember Doodle. Doodle was just about the craziest brother a boy every had. Of course‚ he wasn’t crazy crazy like old Miss Leedie‚ who was in love with President Wilson and wrote him a letter every day‚ but was a nice crazy‚ like someone you meet in your dreams. He

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    Step 1: The project Night of 1000 drawings is an art exhibition where anyone can donate an a5 drawing for a good cause. Night of 1000 drawings is South Africans biggest‚ one night only art exhibition and all art is sold to raise funds for education. This art exhibition is held all across the world in hopes of raising funds for education. Artworks average at around R100 a piece. For this assignment‚ we were tasked with creating: - A logo for the 2015 Night of 1000 Drawings event - 4 poster designs

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    handicapped child who’s life ended as a result of being abandoned by his older brother. The narrator woefully proclaims‚ "They did not know that I did it for myself‚ that pride‚ whose slave I was‚ spoke to me louder than all their voices‚ and that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother." (Hurst 3).

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    disability like everyone else did. They saw themselves as a human just like everyone else. In the end both the shirt story and the film had similar endings. In The Scarlet Ibis Doodle was caught in a storm with his brother‚ frightening he tried to stay right next to him. As the storm worsened his brother started to run‚ Doodle did his very best to do so but eventually pushed past his disability to the point of eventual death. In the movie Simon Birch‚ Simon made sure every single one those those kids

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    scarlet Ibis- was a red bird and Doodle‚ who was thought to die soon after birth‚ was connected with the color red at his birth and his death. At times the tone seems to be more fresh and happy‚ like the images of Doodle walking‚ but even this happy moment is brought to gloom when Aunt Nicey steps on Brother’s toe. He thinks he is going to be “crippled for life.” The image at the end of the story helps you get the feeling of regret. Brother was crying and sheltering Doodle from the rain. Diction

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    Vocabulary Lord of the Flies Chapters 1-2 Directions: Define word. Copy the sentence where word is found. Study for Vocabulary Quiz Friday. 1. Efflorescence 6 2. enmity 8 3. embossed 9 4. frill 12 5. matins 13 6. precentor 13 7. sniggers 13 8. furtive 14 9. pallidly 14 10. pallor 16 11. clouted 17 12. surmounted 18 13. bastion 21 14. waxen 22 15. ebullience 30 16. officious 32 17. trodden 40 18. vicissitudes 40 19. avidly 40 20. declivities 44 21. tacit 45 22. susurration

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    Hurst’s “Scarlet Ibis‚” Chopin’s “Story of an Hour‚” and Matheson’s “Button Button‚” a common aspect of heartbreak is shared‚ brought forth by the loss of something valuable. Each story’s protagonist has‚ in their life‚ something dear. Brother and Doodle‚ Mrs. Mallard’s future‚ and Norma and her husband‚ Arthur. But in each story‚ that something that each person loved and cherished is ripped from the characters‚ leaving them in utter heartbreak. The sense of love each protagonist shares‚

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    than a tomato was we had to kill bessie clover and anabell just for food and money. i don wanna tell ma and price but we cal em doodle cuz he likes drawin in the dust that im scared ma wud cry and doodle wud get scared to. shoot we shuda left to california like the others i here ther cald okies and 1 in 5 wer from oklahoma and the rest wer from everywhere else. i here doodle is gettin sic to. damn and hes my baby brother 1st i loos pappy and mammy before dis all started and now pas 6 feet under and

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