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Pride Over Family In The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst

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Why would people choose pride over family? People should love them family no matter what. In the Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst, the narrator planned to kill his little brother Doodle. The narrator actions toward his brother are mean, selfish, and disrespectful. The narrator does a lot of mean things to Doodle. “So I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow” (Hurst 595). That’s really mean. Why would people want to kill they own family. That’s very disrespectful just because Doodle is disabled doesn’t mean his brother should kill him. The narrator helps his brother walk but only because he’s ashamed of having a disabled brother. “I was ashamed of having a crippled brother” (Hurst 599). Why would family not help out disabled

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