Characters
While trapped in the woods, this character offers his wine flask to his enemy.
Who is Ulrich von Gradwitz
What does Della buy for Jim after leaving Madame Sofronie?
A watch chain
What mood does Hurst create at the beginning of The Scarlet Ibis?
dreary, dark, gloomy, sad
This character had beautiful hair and was the second character to understand the irony of the Christmas gifts.
Who is Della Dillingham Young
This character struggles to understand why we are cruelest to the ones we love the most.
Who is Brother
This supposedly killed Georg and Ulrich at the end of the story. (The Interlopers)
What are wolves
The death of the scarlet ibis serves to foreshadow the death of which character?
Who is Doodle
How old was Brother, our narrator, when Doodle was born?
He was 6 years old
This character was named William Armstrong, which was "like tying a big tail on a small kite."
Who is Doodle
What was Jim's first reaction to Della after she returned from Madame Sofronie?
Stunned
Name a specific similarity that the scarlet ibis and Doodle share.
- they both don't really fit into their surroundings
- both are fragile and could easily die
- when they both die, they are both broken
"There were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride." What were they?
Jim's gold watch and Della's hair
This character was the first to understand the irony of the Christmas gifts.
Who is Jim Dillingham Young
At the beginning of the story, what is Ulrich's wish?
Ulrich says that he wishes most that he could find Znaeym in the forest that night with no witnesses around.
Saki writes, "Georg, who was blinded with the blood which trickled across his eyes, stopped his struggling for a moment to listen, and then gave a short, snarling laugh."
Symbolically, what is interesting about this line?
- Their blind allegiance to their family's hatred of their neighbors
-The feud is 3 generations/3 blood-lines old
-Both men are blinded by hate
When Doodle was five years old, Brother was embarrassed by Doodle because...
Doodle couldn't walk
This character was completely blinded by dried blood that crusted over his eyes.
Who is Georg Znaeym
Hurst doesn't clearly state how Doodle dies. Given the events at the end of the story, what could have actually happened?
-answers will vary
-struck by lighting
-hit by a fallen tree branch
-over-exerted himself and his organs gave out internally
Often authors use symbols to enhance a theme or deeper meaning in a story. Explain one or more of the symbols used in The Scarlet Ibis.
-birds
-images/references to death
-numerous shades of red
In the Interlopers, what might the broken tree branches represent?
-answers will vary
-the men's hate
-family tree (broken)