In “The Scarlet Ibis” doodle struggles throughout his life because of his illness. Although doodle, small and weak, can’t do the same activities as a normal kid he still powers through so he won’t disappoint his brother. Doodle was faced with a challenge but he didn’t let that control his life and he lived happier because of it. On the other hand in “The Necklace”, Madame Loisel instead of telling the truth she lied and tried to cover it up. After this happened her life got worse, for the next ten, long and troublesome,