The Choices of Learning
The moral conscience of the mind comes naturally to the average human being after participating in a sinful act. Those who are wise take responsibility for their actions before it is too late. Those who acknowledge their wrongdoing but do not take any accountability for it will live a life of guilt. In “The Scarlet Ibis”, a flashback of his childhood, Brother experiences guilt because of the death of his younger brother Doodle. Throughout their years of childhood, Brother displays his disowning mentally because his brother, Doodle is “not all there”. In hopes of his brother becoming normal, he pushes Doodle to his limits. Tragically, the more he pushes, the weaker Doodle becomes. Ultimately, such force results in the death of Doodle. In “The Scarlet Ibis”, James Hurst emphasizes Brother’s pain of a guilty conscience to portray regret of his actions towards Doodle through the use of diction and imagery.
Hurst’s diction depicts......
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