"The Scarlet Ibis"
by: jordan and alycia
Defintion
indirect : provides clues about character but we have to figure it out
direct: author directly states character traits
brother indirect and direct characterization
direct:
- "but all of us must have something or someone to be proud of , and doodle had become mine." ~he was proud that doodle start walking .
- "Doodle was my brother and he was going to cling to me forever."~he was going to be with hi 24/7 .
- "it was a bad enough having an invalid brother , but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable , so I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow"~ he wanted to kill his brother because he was told he wasn't going to make it anyway .
- "I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn't walk"~ he wanted doodle to be normal and walk like the other kids and him
Doodles indirect and direct
direct:
- "doodle was frightened of being left "~ he scared of being left alone by himself
- "doodle was a terrible liar " ~he couldn't lie well
- "his eyes were round with wonder as he gazed about him , and his little hands begun to stroke the grass.Then he began to cry ."for heavens sake,whats the matter?"I asked annoyed."its so pretty," he said."So pretty,pretty,pretty."~ he had never seen a sight like old woman's swamp
- "Doodle and i spent alot of time thinking about our future.We decided that when we were grown we'd live in old woman swamp and pick dog tongue for a living" ~ doodle thinks the world is more fairytale than real because he picks this perfect world
At the end ...
Quote:
"I scream above the pounding storm and threw my body to the earth above his."
Reasoning:
because then he realizes that he had pushed doodle to much and feels bad for all those times now his actions caught up with him