The Scarlet Ibis

In James Hurst’s “The Scarlet Ibis”, the main character, also known as the narrator, had pride and shame.

Pride is one of the traits the narrator represents throughout the story. The narrator was never able to accept his younger brother, William Armstrong also known as Doodle, for who he was. Even earlier in the story, shortly after Doodle was born. His brother's unhappiness with Doodle was mostly because he wanted a brother with whom he could run and play. The thought of a brother who could barely move and probably never walk was rather embarrassing for him, so he taught him how to walk and swim. Another reason of why the narrator is prideful is because towards the end of the story when the narrator was running away from Doodle through the rain and storm, it was his pride and not being able to accept failure. When the storm calmed down the narrator went