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Published: 30.05.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'The Scarlet Ibis Short Story Written by James Hurst', 1.
Extract

In the short story The Scarlet Ibis, written by James Hurst, is a sad tale of an older brother trying to teach his younger brother who is not blessed with horrible disease that doesn't allow him to be able to walk like us who often take it for granted. In the first place the brother only wants Doodle to feel like a normal boy because he doesn't want him to be teased by his classmates or any other people because of his disabilities. I quote from the story "Doodle was my brother and he was going to cling to me forever, no matter what I did, so I dragged him across the burning cotton fields to share with him the only beauty I knew, Old Woman Swamp."…

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