'Irony In The Scarlet Ibis'

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Being human goes beyond the physical, being human involves several internal things, like emotion, and what motivates you, it also involves several external things like how a person acts by themselves vs when they’re in a group. To be human, you must be a sentient being who experiences a wide variety of emotion, you must be imperfect, you must make mistakes and be unique. In “egg horror poem,” the eggs in the carton are afraid of being chosen to be eaten, in “The Scarlet Ibis,” the narrator's brother, Doodle has a weak heart, and the narrator had a plan to help him, and when his plan failed, he got angry. In “The Scarlet Ibis,” Doodle has a weak heart and is unable to walk until he was five. Anger, fear, and embarrassment at how others view
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