The Scarlet Ibis Book Reviews

AUTHOR
James Hurst
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
46

The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst Book Summary

“The Scarlet Ibis” is a short story written by novelist James Hurst. 
The narrator, who is not named but simply called “Brother,” recounts the life of his younger brother, William Armstrong, or “Doodle.” Doodle is born a sickly child who is not expected to live. His brother wanted someone who could run and jump and play with him but resents having the weak and fragile Doodle instead.
Eventually, at the age of five, Doodle learns to walk with help from Brother. Encouraged by this, the brother decides to teach Doodle how to run, climb vines, swim, and even fight to prepare Doodle for school. However, almost a year after the plan was made, Doodle was far from accomplishing the goals by the nearing deadline.
One day, a big red bird appears in their garden, looking sick and tired. The boys’ father identifies it as a Scarlet Ibis, a tropical bird that was blown off course by a recent storm. When the bird dies, Doodle, pitying the creature, buries it. Afterwards, the boys go to nearby Old Woman Swamp to continue Doodle’s “training.” On their way back to the house, Brother has Doodle practice rowing. A sudden rainstorm comes, and when they reach the riverbank, Doodle is tired and frightened. Brother, angry and frustrated that Doodle could not finish his training before school starts, runs ahead of Doodle, leaving the frightened boy behind. When Brother does not see Doodle, Brother returns for Doodle, only to find Doodle, lifeless, sitting next to a red-berried bush with blood flowing out of his mouth, staining his throat and shirt red. Doodle died like the Scarlet Ibis: red and a long way from home.

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Book Name The Scarlet Ibis
Genre Short Stories
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Language English
E-Book Size 42.9 KB

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Best Story Ever. As a young kid I got the nickname Doodle from my English class teacher and everybody around school called me it from that day on I still read this story today and will read it to my son amazing story wish I wasn’t so short tho

The Scarlet Ibis. My 14 year old son came home from school today talking about this book and how good it was with an interesting story and wanted me to read it. He hates reading and isn’t this interested in anything to do with school so I was eager to read it. I thought for myself it was a great read...sad and sweet and true and it really reached my kid too.

Scarlet Ibis. I just love this book, it’s very good. I was very surprised that the author was once an opera singer. I really want to be one too!! 💕🤪

Good book. It is a really good book but it is really sad though. They should make a second book about this subject.

The story that made me actually like reading. I hated reading growing up. My ADHD never allowed me to get past the first three pages, until my 9th grade English teacher noticed one day that I seemed to struggle in every literature class since kindergarten. No one had ever bothered to wonder why, and I learned to hate books. To help me get by, my teacher assigned me short stories instead of the uberlong novels like Romeo and Juliet. I began to read this book and couldn't put it down. For the first time in 13 years I had read a book from beginning to end and learned to love books. Of course my ADHD pills do help a lot now, but it was this story that enamored me with the art of reading. I recall going to the library shortly after reading this story, something I had never done before, and sitting there for hours until close down. I started with short stories and small books, gradually working my way up, and today I am proud to say that I can endure reading through Harry Potter books, and even Moby Dick and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. All thanks to that fate-altering day I was introduced to this story in 9th grade.

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Summary of The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst

The The Scarlet Ibis book written by James Hurst was published on 25 September 2012, Tuesday in the Short Stories category. A total of 46 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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