In the story The Scarlet Ibis there is a choice to not to give up made and immortal motivation. The narrator of the story wanted a brother but he did not get a brother he wanted, he got Doodle. At first it is hard for the narrator to accept Doodle as a brother because Doodle is a disabled. Then later on throughout the story the narrator starts to like Doodle to the point he is proud that Doodle was his brother. The narrator dragged Doodled across the cotton field to Old Woman swamp and set Doodle on the grass beside a tall pine. Doodle loved it so both of them went to Old Woman Swamp every day. When doodle was five years old the narrator was embarrassed of having a brother that could not walk; so the narrator set a mission to teach Doodle to walk at Old Woman Swamp. They had been going…show more content… The narrator's motivation to help his little brother is pride. His motivation is immoral. The narrator had just shown his parents that Doodle could walk and his parents were so overjoyed tears streamed down their eyes. Even the narrator was crying. His father asked him why he was crying but the narrator gave no response. Then he thought, “ They did not know that I did it for myself, that pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices, and that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother” (Hurst). The narrator's immoral motivation caused Doodle to be able to walk. The narrator was a prideful person. He didn’t not want to be an outcast just because his brother was disabled. This pride motivates the narrator to help his brother. In rare times immoral feelings can end up into something good. The narrator's motivation from pride wasn’t great. It wasn’t the right motivation that he needed to have to help his brother but it ended in Doodle walking. The narrator's prideful motivation created something good but the pride was
