1. How did you feel at the end of the story? Elaborate and explain in detail.
I felt very sad and it got me thinking about if that ever happened to me I would not be able to ever forgive myself. But in the first place i would never have left him there alone. Especially if he was yelling at me begging not to leave him alone.
2. Does Doodle and or his brother remind you of anyone real or in other stories you've read or films you might have seen? Explain why or why not.
Doodle and his brother remind me of this movie called the "Outsiders". They remind me of that specific movie because there are two characters one is named "Pony" and the others is "Johnny Boy" pony and johnny are so close they are like brothers. In the movie johnny went to save some kids in a fire and in the end johnny ended up dieing.
3. Have you had any personal experiences which help you relate to this story? Describe an example from your life or another persons.
I felt very sad and it got me thinking about if that ever happened to me I would not be able to ever forgive myself. But in the first place i would never have left him there alone. Especially if he was yelling at me begging not to leave him alone.
2. Does Doodle and or his brother remind you of anyone real or in other stories you've read or films you might have seen? Explain why or why not.
Doodle and his brother remind me of this movie called the "Outsiders". They remind me of that specific movie because there are two characters one is named "Pony" and the others is "Johnny Boy" pony and johnny are so close they are like brothers. In the movie johnny went to save some kids in a fire and in the end johnny ended up dieing.
3. Have you had any personal experiences which help you relate to this story? Describe an example from your life or another persons.
I have not had any personal experiences and i am not sure if my friends or family have either.
4. What is caul? Why did Aunt Nicey think caul is important? Explain and support your answer.
Caul is a thin membrane that sometimes envelopes a baby's head a birth. Aunt Nicey thought that the caul was important because that is where the brain was formed in the growing process.
5. What is significant about Doodle's interaction with the bird the scarlet ibis. Find specific quotes from the text to support your answer.
Doodle thought that the scarlet ibis was so beautiful. "For it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, awed by its beauty." They thought it was beautiful and compared it to flowers, which are beautiful.
6. In what way does the narrator's pride help and also hurt Doodle? Provide textual evidence of both from the text.
The narrator helped Doodle by teaching him how to walk and how to swim. But the narrator also hurt him by leaving him alone at the end when Doodle said, "Don't leave me brother....don't leave me!"
7. The author, James Hurst, grew up in the southern part of United States. How can we tell that the story took place in the South? Use at least two quotes from the story to support your answer.
We can tell that the story took place in the South because in the story they say that there are weeds and bushes all around.
8. What literary devices does Hurst use to tell his story? How do these devices help make the story effective? Offer textual support.
Towards the end Hurst started to use Foreshadowing.
9. Does the story end the way you expected it to? Why does the author choose this ending? What effect does this conclusion have on the reader?
The ending was not what i expected at all. I honestly thought that brother was going to go get Doodle when he fell. The ending made me really sad and disappointed in brother. I thought he cared for Doodle more after all that they went through.
10. How would you like to have seen the story conclude? Be specific.
I would have liked the story even better if in the ending Doodle didn't die and he lived to be very healthy and living well.
4. What is caul? Why did Aunt Nicey think caul is important? Explain and support your answer.
Caul is a thin membrane that sometimes envelopes a baby's head a birth. Aunt Nicey thought that the caul was important because that is where the brain was formed in the growing process.
5. What is significant about Doodle's interaction with the bird the scarlet ibis. Find specific quotes from the text to support your answer.
Doodle thought that the scarlet ibis was so beautiful. "For it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, awed by its beauty." They thought it was beautiful and compared it to flowers, which are beautiful.
6. In what way does the narrator's pride help and also hurt Doodle? Provide textual evidence of both from the text.
The narrator helped Doodle by teaching him how to walk and how to swim. But the narrator also hurt him by leaving him alone at the end when Doodle said, "Don't leave me brother....don't leave me!"
7. The author, James Hurst, grew up in the southern part of United States. How can we tell that the story took place in the South? Use at least two quotes from the story to support your answer.
We can tell that the story took place in the South because in the story they say that there are weeds and bushes all around.
8. What literary devices does Hurst use to tell his story? How do these devices help make the story effective? Offer textual support.
Towards the end Hurst started to use Foreshadowing.
9. Does the story end the way you expected it to? Why does the author choose this ending? What effect does this conclusion have on the reader?
The ending was not what i expected at all. I honestly thought that brother was going to go get Doodle when he fell. The ending made me really sad and disappointed in brother. I thought he cared for Doodle more after all that they went through.
10. How would you like to have seen the story conclude? Be specific.
I would have liked the story even better if in the ending Doodle didn't die and he lived to be very healthy and living well.
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