The Scarlet Ibis

Story written by James Hurst, The Scarlet Ibis, presents a gratify yet sorrowful story of two brothers. The story describes how William Armstrong, who later be called as Doodle, grown up in the struggle of his disabled body condition that given since he born. Under his brother's influence, Doodle overcome many obstacles and limitation of his body. In an afternoon, a dying scarlet ibis was found in their yard that was not suppose to be appeared in that region. Even though Doodle already overcame many physical obstacles, he still cannot reached the goals that set by his brother, so his brother ran home under with disappointment without waiting Doodle that caught up behind him. His brother realize that Doodle didn't came back so he went back and see Doodle lying on the ground on the half way with bloods covering him. He started to realize that Doodle will never open his eyes again.

Overall, by looking at Doodle and that scarlet ibis that died in their yard, we can find many similarities in between. First of all both Doodle and that scarlet ibis are dead in red. The storm brought that scarlet ibis to main character's garden, so it's not live their originally. Just like the scarlet ibis, doodle cannot live like the normal children because of his body's disability, so these shows that the scarlet ibis and doodle are both not live like they should be. Thus, these are the similarity between scarlet ibis and Doodle.