The main theme of The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst is determination. This is because all throughout the book, Doodle and his brother both stay very determined to make the paralyzed Doodle match his brothers description of a fantasy brother. His brother was more determined at the beginning, but Doodle got there:). One day, when Doodle was about to start school, his brother was very embarrassed to have a brother who couldn’t even walk at age 5. So, he set out to teach him. When Doodle collapsed after a millisecond, 2 times, Doodle gave up and said he couldn’t do it and he just wanted to make honeysuckle wreaths. But his brother wouldn’t take no for an answer and said, ““Oh yes you can, Doodle. All you gotta do is try. Now come