The Scarlet Ibis: Is The Narrator Responsible For Doodle's Death

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Is the narrator responsible for Doodle’s death?

The scarlet Ibis is a story of two brothers. These two young brothers would not be able to have perfect life at the start. With Doodle disability and heart problems, the brother was always there for Doodle even if he was the most annoying brother. Although, it was the narrator’s fault when Doodle died. It was the narrator’s fault because he tried to push his brother to the limits, he had intentions to make Doodle a normal child, also he thought that if people knew he had a disabled brother they would dislike him.
From the beginning of their training Doodle’s brother had always pushed his brother to the limits. Doodle’s brother had intentions to “teach him to run, to swim, to climb trees,
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