Which leads to the fact that, Doodle, was very smart and soon learned to talk and even walk. When Doodle was born on the aforesaid October 8, he was not named Doodle.
A few months after his birth, and only because he didn't die, his parents gave him a name. They named hime William Armstrong. Such a name sounds good only on a tombstone. Doodle began to talk soon after and, as described in the book, would not stop talking. Then one day Brother, the narrator, decided to teach him how to walk. And Doodle did learn how to walk, and also skip and run.
Doodle was also a skilled at lying which is basically storytelling. He would make up lies all day long and tell his family so many that they eventually stopped. Show More. Read More. The Kite Runner Rape Scene Analysis Words 5 Pages Amir remembers this dream of being lost at the moment when Assef and his friends have immobilized Hassan to the ground without his jeans.
Why Ms. Related Topics. Open Document. This text is great at making us examine assumptions we didn't even know we had. There are several passages that suggest that in Brother's mind, Doodle is some kind of saint.
Aunt Nicey lays the groundwork for this by telling Brother that Doodle "would live because he was born in a caul and cauls were made from Jesus' nightgown" 1. Now, whatever you think of Jesus' nightgown, you might be wondering what a "caul" is.
When a woman is pregnant, her baby is enclosed in a membrane filled with fluid. This membrane is sometimes called a "caul. Sometimes the membrane doesn't break during labor, and the doctor or midwife breaks it. Click here for a photo that shows that a dried caul can looks like wings, which, as we all know, angels are known to have.
This is probably the root of Aunt Nicey's comment, and what leads to her more explicit comment about Doodle's potential for sainthood: She said caul babies should be treated with special respect since they might turn out to be saints 2. But wait, what exactly is a saint? We all have a general idea of what a saint is — a saint is somebody who is pure good.
Various religions feature saints, and saints often give their lives, or at least their liberty, to spread a message of truth and justice, often as directed by a higher power. In the Catholic religion, saints are often misunderstood in their own times, and, as a result, killed or harmed by their own people. Future generations recognize and benefit from their saintly acts, often more than the people in their own times. In any case, Doodle doesn't seem to be spreading a religious message. If he's a saint it's because he's a sweet kid who brought joy into the lives of his relatives, who didn't understand him until he was dead.
Like the saints, he is "different" from those around him. While his differences are seen as largely negative when he's alive, Brother now sees the differences as positive.
Obviously, having a heart problem isn't positive, but Brother now sees that Doodle's metaphorical heart was big, and that he was a kind boy, to the point of saintliness. Thinking of Doodle as a saint is kind of like thinking of Doodle as a scarlet ibis. We talk about this in "What's Up With the Title? We promised to try to see things from Doodle's point of view, so here goes. On the one hand, he's willing to do anything to hang out with Brother.
But, by the end of the story this is becoming harder and harder to do. Doodle and the Scarlet Ibis are similar in that both are rare and fragile beings.
Beautiful in their own way, yet oddly different and unusual. The Ibis is red and in the end Doodle is left in a twisted pose similar to the Ibis and he, too, is red with blood. How is Brother is both kind and cruel to Doodle?
Brother is kind to Doodle because he taught him how to walk and run, but he is also cruel to Doodle because he made him work until he could not move anymore; that is how he died.
I began to weep, and the tear- blurred vision in red before me looked very familiar. Often, authors will use symbolism to add meaning and depth to their story that literal of a young 14 year old boy and his brother Doodle.
Hurst writes because he was embarrassed of him. Brother contributes to the main theme of pride through the whole story in various different ways. Brother first contributes to the main theme of the book from the start when his brother is born. Winston Churchill once said, "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. In the book "The Scarlet Ibis" and the film Simon Birch they tell the story of a physically impaired boy who puts his disability aside to defy the odds and triumph before ultimately dying.
Doodle and Simon were alike and different in various instances, the main themes were; their brother figure, their parents, and the major symbols in the story. They see a feather fall right before the Ibis fall down to its death.
For my drawing I drew a feather dropping from a bird equals Brother running from Doodle.
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