Scarlet Ibis

Scarlet Ibis is a story about the relationship between two brothers. The elder brother is normal, but the younger brother is handicapped. The story starts and ends in the clove of seasons.The first paragraph is all about nature and sets the tone for the whole story. It gives the readers a sense of death. The next three paragraphs introduce Doodle, the younger brother and what happened when he was born. Doodle was a disappointment to the whole family and everyone thought that he would almost certaintly die, except for Aunt Nicey, who was nice, as her name suggests. The next paragraph talk about the narrator planning to kill Doodle as he could not bear a brother that was not "all there".But, when Doodle grinned at the narrator, he felt that Doodle was all there and didn't kill him.The next paragraph is about Doodle learning to crawl. At first, the family put Doodle on his stomach and pushed him to learn to crawl, although the doctor said not to as it could kill him, which seemed like they wanted him to die. But, Doodle survived the experience and learnt to crawl backwards.The next paragraphs are about the narrator renaming Doodle and having to pull him around in a go-cart as he could not walk. Then the narrator brought Doodle to Old Woman's Swamp and showed him the beauty of nature. Doodle cried. The following few paragraphs are about them having fun in the Old Woman's Swamp and the narrator's cruelty towards Doodle because of love. The family not throwing the mahogany casket away seems to symbolise that death lurks in the backgound and is catching up to Doodle.In the next few paragraphs, Doodle finally learns to walk. The whole family is delighted. Then, the narrator and Doodle starts telling stories to each other. The narrator's stories were pointless but Doodle expresses his wants through his stories. The following paragraphs are of the training programme that the narrator had set up for Doodle and the scarlet ibis arriving. The sacrlet ibis represents Doodle as both were pushed to their own limits and dies. In the end, The narrator finally admits defeat and ran away from Doodle  as he could not bear defeat. Doodle tries to catch up but fails. When the narrator finally went back for Doodle, he finds that Doodle had died. The narrator cries but it was no use. Doodle was pushed by other people throughout his whole life, but in the end, he dies due to him pushing himself over his own limits.