This week we read a version of the "Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst. This piece tells the story about two brothers. Doodle is 6 years younger and is crippled and the narrator is the older brother. Doodle Is beloved by his family and the people around him, but his older brother finds him shameful. So the older brother makes it his duty to teach Doodle to walk so he doesn't have to push him in a stroller anymore. Once Doodle knows how to walk Brother makes him learn how to swim and run so he can be like the other school boys. One day a scarlet ibis falls to its death from a tree and after that they go to practice running. A Strom hits when this is going on and Brother decides to leave doodle and run from him. Once doodle doesn't come back brother looks for him and finds him dead. I apologize for my shaky summary but this was a hard story to summarize.
I believe that the brother dies from a heart attack. This is because he has blood in his mouth and chest so maybe it imploded? Or he might have been struck by a lightning bolt. This is because it says that a tree broke in half from the Lightning. Once I read the regular story it gave me more information about a Doodles death. He was near the road with his hands crossed over his face and his knees up to his chest. The author is very confusing though. Why would he have his head in his knees and his knees up to his chest but he's bleeding from the mouth and chest why wouldn't he be flat on the ground. Doodle seems like he maybe choose to die? Maybe he got attacked by a bird or he stabbed himself I have no idea!
One question I have is why does doodle call him brother. Throughout the the story he has no name and doodle calls him brother I think it's because maybe it's a farm family and they have no names. I know this is like a weird assumption but what else could it be. Also it could be that the author is trying to get the point across that he is not as important as doodle. Maybe in the family Doodle is the only one they actually care about and the brother Is just there. So Brother decided to teach Doodle to walk so he could be appreciated more in his family and not doodle. Brother seems really jealous of the brother so he takes his anger about not being appreciated on him. For example when he says that he teased his brother saying he was going to die. As we can see though Doodle cares for his brother with all his heart and wants to be near him. Brother is not all that cold though when doodle dies brother cries and lays on top of him weeping. Overall this story is very confusing but I liked it a lot.
I believe that the brother dies from a heart attack. This is because he has blood in his mouth and chest so maybe it imploded? Or he might have been struck by a lightning bolt. This is because it says that a tree broke in half from the Lightning. Once I read the regular story it gave me more information about a Doodles death. He was near the road with his hands crossed over his face and his knees up to his chest. The author is very confusing though. Why would he have his head in his knees and his knees up to his chest but he's bleeding from the mouth and chest why wouldn't he be flat on the ground. Doodle seems like he maybe choose to die? Maybe he got attacked by a bird or he stabbed himself I have no idea!
One question I have is why does doodle call him brother. Throughout the the story he has no name and doodle calls him brother I think it's because maybe it's a farm family and they have no names. I know this is like a weird assumption but what else could it be. Also it could be that the author is trying to get the point across that he is not as important as doodle. Maybe in the family Doodle is the only one they actually care about and the brother Is just there. So Brother decided to teach Doodle to walk so he could be appreciated more in his family and not doodle. Brother seems really jealous of the brother so he takes his anger about not being appreciated on him. For example when he says that he teased his brother saying he was going to die. As we can see though Doodle cares for his brother with all his heart and wants to be near him. Brother is not all that cold though when doodle dies brother cries and lays on top of him weeping. Overall this story is very confusing but I liked it a lot.