Doodle in the short story the scarlet ibis by james hurt the scarlet ibis becomes a sybol for the life and death of doodle. the scar;et ibis is a medium sized bird that is scarlet in colorand has a long beak and neck. In the story doodle was born was born differnt than most people. he could walk until he was five or do many other things normal people can do."he born when i as six and was, from the outset, a disapointment."

his life was similar to the life of the ibis because of the long hard journey they went through to end up how they did. the scarlet ibis was native to south america and made a long journey to doodles home to die under the bleeding tree. doodle on the other hand went on a long journey to be able to walk and swim to