The Scarlet Ibis
By: Andy Torres
Point Of View
The story is being told in 1st Person Point of View because he talks about something that happened to him in the past and the beginning of the story he says that "and I remember Doodle..."on Pg.316 Another quote that depicts that it is 1st Person Point Of View is "After that day Doodle and I often went down into Old Woman Swam.I would gather wild flowers...and with wire grass we'd weave them..."on Pg 318 I think that's what depicts that it is 1st Person Point Of View.
Symbol
When the family was eating dinner they heard a strange noise and they went to check it out and found out that a large red bird was standing on a tree,it looked sick,tired,confused the bird was a Scarlet Ibis that lived in the tropic in South America then the scarlet ibis died.This Scarlet Ibis is a symbol of what happened to Doodle because doodle was tired,confused,weak on all the things he was doing to walk,run at the end of the story the narrator says "His shirt were stained a brilliant red...I lay there crying,sheltering my fallen Scarlet Ibis from the heresy of rain" On Pg 323 This symbolizes that Doodle was like the Scarlet Ibis his shirt was stained red and he was weak,tired of trying to run and he was like the Scarlet Ibis tired,weak and then they just cant get up no more and pass away.
Conflict
*The "problem"which triggers the action.The struggle between two opposing forces.
Character
*A person or animal in a novel,play or movie