The author has taken that having a name means that you have hope for him, Doodle . The author states “ But he didn’t die, and when he was 3 months old , mama and daddy decided they might as well name him”(page 30). This shows that his parents after 3 months of him being alive had enough hope to name him. It show that they have hope in Doodle becoming an “normal” person. Although people did not plan on Doodle living some people do have hope. The author states “ Everybody thought he was going to die-everybody except Aunt Nicey, …show more content…
Trembling he pushed himself up” (page 31). This is the first time anyone had any real hope. The hope for Doodle grew into people doing many things to help him be “normal” It takes dedication for there to be a possibility of hope for Doodle. The author states, “...and put him on his feet at least 100 times each afternoon” (page 32). It took dedication for Doodle's brother to help him build up strength to help doodle survive. Hope also played a roll, Doodles brother hoped that he would not be doing all this hard work for nothing and that made him try harder to do the right thing. Hope started to become clearer for doodle and everyone. Author states. “Hope no longer hid in the dark palmetto thicket but perched like a cardinal in the lacy toothbrush tree, brilliantly visible. As the short story ended hope become clearer for doodle. The hope of being able to walk and dedication of trying helped him get to a place where he was capable of