Luigi Pirandello, an italian author from the late 1800’s, once said, “ When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself.” What Pirandello means by that is that humans share certain aspects of their lives.
In the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis”, by James Hurst, the author included how emotion was identified between a young boy and his brother. “The Scarlet Ibis” is a short story about a boy named William Armstrong, nicknamed as Doodle. When Doodle was born he was invalid, but as time went on he got the ability to walk, talk, and do things just like the rest of his family. The story goes along as Doodle gets older and develops. As Doodle got older, his brother thought that it was time to teach Doodle how to walk. His brother reminisced the summer, “Every day that summer we went to the…show more content… The lightning was near now, and from fear he walked so close behind me he kept stepping on my heels. The faster I walked, the faster he walked, so I began to run. The rain was coming, roaring through the pines, and then, like a bursting Roman candle, a gum tree ahead of us was shattered by a bolt of lightning. When the deafening peal of thunder had died, and in the moment before the rain arrived, I heard Doodle, who had fallen behind, cry out, ‘Brother, Brother, don’t leave me! Don’t leave me!’” (Hurst). Doodle was frightened because he had fallen down and the storm was near them. He was left behind on the ground as his brother ran away. It was difficult for Doodle to run as fast as his brother, after he had fallen, he was alone and he did not know where his brother was. When his brother had come back for Doodle, he was found by a poisonous bush with face buried in his arms. From Doodle burying his face into his arms, it would seem as he was crying because he was left alone. In such a manner, Doodle had unknowingly
