...Who is responsible for the death of Doodle? In “The Scarlet Ibis” Doodle was not “all there”. Everyone thought he would die at birth. In James Hurst’s short story, the narrator is responsible for Doodle’s death. The following are the evidence: he over worked him, treated him badly, and left him in the storm. The doctor did not want Doodle to strain himself or he would die. The narrator is responsible for Doodle's death because he made Doodle over work himself. He made Doodle learn how to walk so he would not embarrass him. He let him do most of the things the doctor said not to do. He let him get excited and let him tired. He also let Doodle get hot. The narrative threatened him. The narrator threatened...
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... Brother does help Doodle to do activities he wouldn’t have been able to do without his help, which could make allowance for is choice in behavior, depending on how you look at the situations that come into play in the story “the Scarlet Ibis”. Brother was helpful towards Doodle because he gave him the opportunity to be able to do tasks other kids, Doodles age, could already do. For...
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