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The Scarlet Ibis Compare And Contrast
“The Scarlet Ibis” is a very interesting story. There are two main characters. One is the older brother. Then there is his little brother Doodle. In the story Doodle is supposed to be a special sign because he was born in a caul. He got his name because instead of crawling forward when he was a baby he would turn around and back up. Doodle’s worst fear was for his brother to leave him. Later they would go to the swamp and the older brother would pick Doodle up and “make” him stand. At the end of the story they find a scarlet ibis in a tree and it falls down and dies, then Doodle buries it. After they go to the swamp and on the way home a storm comes, doodle falls but the brother keeps running and when he goes back for Doodle he finds Doodle dead. …show more content…
Doodle is a kid who loves his brother a lot. His worst fear is to have his brother leave him. He needs encouragement to do things, an example is when they are at the swamp and his brother picks him up over and over. When Doodle says he can’t his brother tells him they are gonna be old and he’s still gonna wheel him around. This made Doodle try harder and harder to stand. He is a “innocent” kid. They both like the swamp a lot and go there a lot. They both want to go to school. They both like to be around one another. Doodle is a brother who has to go wherever his older brother goes. In the story when the older brother is about to leave, their mom would say, “Take Doodle with
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