Who does the scarlet Ibis symbolize?
It symbolizes Doodle.
Why does the narrator leave Doodle in the final scene?
All his anger and resentment about Doodle being his brother and failing the summer training boils over so he leaves him with no one.
What does the narrator forcing Doodle to touch his own coffin and threatening to run away foreshadow?
It foreshadows when the narrator runs away from doodle which causes him to die.
What does the falling Ibis bird foreshadow?
Doodle dying.
Why does the narrator attempt to kill Doodle in the start?
He thought having an invalid brother was bad and even worse he might not be all there so he decided to remove him.
Why does the narrator say "pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death?"
Because pride is what led to wonderful things like Doodle walking. But it also led to Doodle's death.
How does according to Aunt Nicey red dead birds are very bad luck foreshadow the future?
Doodle dying due to bad luck.
Why does the narrator decide to help Doodle walk and stand?
He was embarrassed by his brother not even being able to walk
How does the narrators character evolve through out the story?
At the start he hates his own brother but eventually he gets over it and decides to help his brother walk. For his own selfish reason but at the end when doodle died he truly realized how much he leaved Doodle.
Why did Doodle always follow around his brother and try as hard as possible to complete his brother's training course?
Doodle felt like he had do what his brother wanted, because his brother always brought Doodle with himself in the wagon. And because the narrator showed Doodle the beautiful swamp, and because Doodle was being told he should try to fit in by his brother and that was the only way.
What does the family pre-building a casket for Doodle foreshadow?
It foreshadows his early death.
Why is when Doodle cried out brother don't leave me when the narrator threaten to leave him with his coffin foreshadowing for the future?
It is foreshadowing because in the final scene Doodle says the exact thing but this time the narrator did leave.
Why does the narrator say "that pride, whose slave I was spoke to me louder than all their voices" while he was being congratulated for helping Doodle walk?
Because he hadn't done it for his brother or anyone in his family he did it for himself. And that's all he cared about not having the embarrassment of having a disabled brother.
Why did the narrator change "William Armstrong's" name to doodle?
He felt William Armstrong was like tying a big tail; on a small kite. So to better represent his brother with his name he changed it doodle like a doodle bug. And because when he crawled he looked like a doodle bug.
Why is pride such a major part of the story?
Because it is what drove the narrator to teach Doodle and it what caused him to feel angry when Doodle failed so his pride is what caused him to leave Doodle to die.
What does the color red represent in the story?
The color red represent death like the scarlet ibis being specifically red and the blood that was coming from Doodles mouth when he tragically died.