1. Read "The Scarlet Ibis"
2. Take notes and highlight
PDF Link to the story"
http://whs.wsd.wednet.edu/faculty/zobel/documents/TheScarletIbisText.pdf
3. Answer the following questions:
A. How does Doodle disappoint his brother?
B. What motivates the narrator to teach Doodle to walk?
C. What other plans does he make for Doodle?
D. Summarize the circumstances leading to Doodle's death?
E. What is Doodle's attitude toward his brother?
F. How would you describe the narrator's attitude toward Doodle?
G. List the instances where the narrator is not nice to his brother? How do you explain the narrator's actions?
H. Make a chart. List the similarities/ differences between Doodle and the Ibis
I. How does the appearance of the scarlet ibis hint at the outcome of the story?
J. Do you think the narrator is to blame for Doodle's death? Why or why not?
K. Make a Chart: List the similarities and differences between Doodle and Lennie from OMM
L. What similar aspects do the authors of Ibis and OMM demonstrate in their writings?
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If you finish this assignment, begin the Journal assignment for Monday, 12/18 (Below)
Begin your quotation analysis journal: (This will be due on Tuesday)
Quotation analysis:
Hurst wrote, "I did not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death."
How do both authors (Hurst and Steinbeck) use this quote to springboard his concept of "pride" throughout the story? (If you look closely, you will see that the authors refers to pride several times in each of their works (Hurst directly and Steinbeck indirectly).
**To answer this question, you must locate the original quote listed above. Next, find several references of "Pride" in both stories. Why does the authors continuously refer to pride throughout their stories? What does pride mean to the authors/ the characters?
Explain the quote using examples from the stories. Both stories have many similarities.
(You may write in first or third person. If you use first person, you will be writing from the narrator's point of view.....You can be the narrator of this journal)
If you finish the journal, begin the following Study Island exercises:
Complete 10 questions and receive 70%. If you don't receive 70%, continue answering questions until you get a 70%.
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