People
Setting
Symbolism
Characterization
Potpourri
100
The narrator of the story.
Who is Brother?
100
The state in which the story takes place.
What is North Carolina?
100
List three references to the color red in the story.
What are: the scarlet ibis’ feathers, Doodle’s face turning red when he strains, the red nightshade bush under which he dies, Doodle bleeding from the mouth, the bleeding tree, hope perched like a cardinal, Doodle born red and shriveled
100
Brother’s initial opinion of Doodle when he’s born.
What is he's a disappointment?
100
List 3 of Doodle’s personality traits.
What are loyal, innocent, determined, motivated, sweet, “saintly,” special
200
She is very religious and helped deliver Doodle.
Who is Aunt Nicey?
200
The time period of the story.
What is 1910s, WWI era
200
What red symbolizes in the story.
What is death - every instance of red foreshadows Doodle's death due to his fragility.
200
The reason Brother feels guilty.
What is because it's his fault that Doodle died?
200
List 3 of Brother’s personality traits.
What are driven, loving, prideful, ashamed, guilty, active
300
He dies from his heart condition.
Who is Doodle?
300
The place Brother and Doodle hang out every day.
What is Old Woman Swamp/Horsehead Landing?
300
Why is the scarlet ibis a symbol for Doodle?
They both died fragile but beautiful. They’re both special, fragile, but willing to go the distance. They’re both out of place in their worlds.
300
The reason Brother teaches Doodle how to walk.
What is because he’s ashamed to have a disabled brother?
300
These are two conflicting emotions Brother feels for Doodle.
What are love and embarrassment?
400
The author of the Scarlet Ibis
Who is James Hurst?
400
Proof that Brother is in tune with nature.
What is he describes it with beautiful detail and is able to identify individual species of plants?
400
How can the storm that brought in the scarlet ibis be compared to Brother?
Both of them pushed too hard and led to death.
400
Brother’s reason for leaving Doodle behind in the rain.
What is he was frustrated and angry that Doodle didn’t finish his training before school starts.
400
The kind of narration that uses the word “I”
What is first-person narration style?
500
This is Doodle’s full name.
What is William Armstrong?
500
The exact year Doodle dies.
What is 1918?
500
What Doodle’s coffin and go-cart symbolize.
What are his inadequacies – the ways he was a disappointment/not good enough?
500
The psychological reason why Brother compares Doodle to the dead scarlet ibis.
What is a need to see beauty in his death as a coping mechanism for his guilt?
500
The reason Doodle is given his nickname.
What is because when he was a baby, he crawled backwards like a doodlebug?
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