The Fear of a Boy
Have you ever had the feeling of being lonely and knowing no one is coming back for you? The feeling you get when you lost in a huge store and you can't find your mother anywhere. I feeling of loneliness plays with our emotions so much and leaves such a scar, we will never be able to forget it. So many people today in our world fear all kinds of loneliness. But Doodle was hit hard with loneliness when his brother (the narrator) leaves him alone by himself. In the "Scarlet Ibis" James Hurst conveys the idea that loneliness is the fear of all mankind, through Doodle and the Narrator.
First of all, the narrator conveys loneliness when he has no siblings. "I thought myself pretty smart at many things, like holding my breath, running, jumping, or climbing the vines in Old Woman Swam, and I wanted more than anything else someone to race to Horsehead Landing, someone to box with, and someone to perch with in the top fork of the great pine behind the barn, where......
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