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in the story is says "....so i began making plans to kill him, by smothering him with a pillow." so brother wants his brother dead and he doesn't care about doodle. also brother ran away from doodle when they got caught in the storm so he left, when he should have stayed because hes suppose to be the big brother but he just left him to die didn't even care that he left doodle even when doodle says "brother don't leave me", he left anyways. that's why hes guilty of doodles death.

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I think that brother is somewhat guilty because he in the story left his brother in the rain after making him padel the boat which made Doodle tired already. Another reason he is guilty is that he pushed Doodle who was not able to do a lot of things to swim and climb trees and other thing which could have killed him for working so hard. A way he could be innocent is that even though he left him and waited for him to catch up, and also sooner or later went back to see if he was ok. Another reason he is kinda innocent is that the only reason he pushed Doodle so hard is so that he wouldn't get bullied when he went to school. He is more guilty than innocent though because he thought of his brother a an disappointment because he couldn't do a lot of things.

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I think that brother is guilty because in the story it says, "I did it just for myself, that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother." This proves that brother admits he is ashamed of having a crippled brother so he teaches doodle to walk so he is not embarrassed of doodle. Brother also did not listen to the doctors orders that were given when doodle was born.

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i believe that narrator is somewhat Guilty.I believe that narrator let his pride and fear of embarrassment pushed him to do what he did to doodle. He even said "I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn't walk," P.g. 432. The narrator's pride and his constant pushing did, of course, have a hand in it, but there are many other reasons why Doodle died that do not involve the narrator at all. Doodle was expected to die from a very young age, so clearly his body was frail and fragile. It was impossible for the narrator to know exactly how much was too much. Doodle was given the name William Armstrong as a kid the name sounds good only on a tombstone. This is clear foreshadowing of what would happen at the end of the story.

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I somewhat believe that Brother is guilty of the death of Doodle. I think this because, in the story it says, "A long list of don'ts went with him, all of which i ignored once we got out of the house". Meaning that even though he knew that he wasn't supposed to do certain things with Doodle, he still continued to disobey the list and still do those things anyways, which lead to Doodle dying. Even though still they had fun times and laughed and giggled, i still think that Brother is somewhat guilty of the death of Doodle.

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I believe he is guilty is some ways and also not guilty is some ways. Brother always wanted doodle to die because he was embarrassed of him. He would always push him so hard to walk that he would just fall over."I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us"(Hurst 441). this quote explains that brother didn't care about doodle he just wanted himself to be safe and he could have at least helped Doodle off the ground. But I don't think he is guilty in some ways because he was helping him learn how to walk when he could have just left him alone and not helped him.

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i believe he is guilty because he almost acted like a bully to doodle. he ignored doctors orders and said he was embarrsed by him because he could not walk when he was 5, that´s when he taught him to walk but not out of kindness he did it because he felt embarssed by the fact that brother knew he was disabled and doodles brain was not like a normal persons. brother also talked about killing doodle ¨told doodle this is where you will be buried¨ he said a name such as that would look good on a tombstone.

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I think that Brother is very guilty. It says in the story when he left Doodle in the storm "The knowledge that Doodle's and my plans had come to naught was bitter and a streak of cruelty with in me awakened" (Hurst 441). So therefore he KNEW EXACTLY what he was doing and he was mad because their plans hadn't worked so he ran off without Doodle. Also, when he went back to Doodle he wasn't even kind. Instead of are you ok, I'm sorry for leaving you brother said "Lets go, Doodle..." (Hurst 441). Still don't think he's guilty? Let's flashback to the beginning of the story when Doodle was born. Brother said "...So I began making plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow" (Hurst 430). He already wanted him dead a long time ago. And with all the emotions and frustration of his plans failing he reacted in a negative way which resulted in the death of Doodle. Some people might would say "but in the passage it said" "AS I waited, I peered through the downpour, but no one came" (Hurst 441). But if you would also look a couple sentences above you would notice that It states "I hadn't run to far before I became tired" (Hurst 441). So yes, I feel like Brother is guilty.

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I personally find that Brother is somewhat guilty of his actions. Brother was excited to get someone to play with when he found out that he would get a sibling, but his thoughts changed when he saw Doodle. He even tried to suffocate him with a pillow. In the story, it states that he wanted Doodle to learn to walk- so he constantly pushed him harder each day so that he could learn. It wasn't until at Doodle's birthday that we learn, (from Brother's thoughts), that he only did so because he was embarrassed of having a disabled brother. Brother was selfish enough to do this for himself, but in the end, it affected more than just him. He seemed to have sweet moments with Doodle, like when they were planning to live together, or when Brother first showed Doodle "Old Woman Swamp". Moments like those that made you think that they would have a strong bond as they got older. But then, when they were out alone and it started storming, Brother left Doodle to fend for himself after he had fallen; not knowing that when he would return, Doodle would be dead. Doodle's death is the last time we witness Brother seem to care for him, because it says "I began to weep, and the tear-blurred vision in red before me looked very familiar", meaning Doodle's death had obviously triggered some regrets for his actions.

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brother is inncent because he did not that he was pushing doodle that hard, if he did he would not have done that to doodle. yes brother was always saying he wanted to hurt doodle or kill him but brother could never actually do that to his own blood brother. you may say he is guilty by saying how brother left him on purpose in the storm but brother was just trying to test doodles limit. and as you can see brother did care about doodle because he went back to find him and he scearched for doodle until he found him laying down with his head in his arms,
“Doodle!” I screamed above the pounding storm and threw my body to the earth above his. For a long long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain” (Hurst 441). also whenever he saw doodle he screamed “Doodle! Doodle!” I cried, shaking him, but there was no answer but the ropy rain.” (Hurst 441). as you can see he really does care about doodle and loves him.

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i think he is somewhat guilty because yeah what he did was wrong . he left him in the storm and stuff , but also he might've not known he was pushing doodle to his limits . like in the text it talks about how bad he felt afterwards and how he was protecting him from the rain , but he did run on purpose and he knew that he was running faster than doodle . And he kept going so he couldn't have felt that bad if he just left him like that .

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I believe he is somewhat innocent because he was only 6 years older than Doodle as said on Hurst Page 428.. Children's brains aren't fully developed yet, so there's a great possibility he didn't fully understand the consequences of what he was doing. "...I dragged him across the burning cotton field to share with him the only beauty I knew, Old Woman Swamp." Brother seemed to enjoy spending time with Doodle which makes me believe he didn't intend to harm him. (Hurst 431) The story was written in the 1900's when disabilities were seen as shameful or as a burden and lacked tons of research on proper care. With that being said, given his age and the time period I think he's somewhat innocent.

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I feel that on the story "The Scarlet Ibis", the brother is Innocent. The reason I think that the brother is innocent is because he did not know that when he left his little brother he was going to die. We can"t just blame him for the death of Doodle when yes was the brother being mean, but Doodle had an illness. How was the brother supposed to know that he was going to die? Another reason I think he is innocent is because at the end of the story he was crying over the fact that his little brother had just dies. Did the brother not like Doodle sometimes yes, but he still loved him very much.

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Brother was waiting for him after he ran and when he did not come he went back so his brother. Yes it was wrong of him to leave Doodle but he did not kill him he had no intention of killing him.

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I think that brother is guilty because he know that Doodle had not eaten and was weak, but he wanted him to run from the storm and push himself. He also heard him calling after him but he didnt stop. After he was done running he did stop to wait for him but he wouldnt have had to stop if he stayed with him and helped him. In the begining brother had also said he had planed to smother him with a pillow so whos to say it wasnt his plan to kill him and thats why he left him because he knew Doodle wouldnt make it.

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I beileve he is somewhat guilty cause what he did was not right, he left him and cause of  doodle death
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In the story ¨The Scarlet Ibis¨ I believe that Brother is innocent. I know this because in the story it states ¨I began to weep, and the tear-blurred vision in red before me looked very familiar¨ (Hurst 411). He obviously feels terrible that he let this happen. The only reason he probably did that was because every sibling does that. Siblings like to aggravate each other for fun and Brother was young and he couldn't have know that he was pushing Doodle to his limit. As soon as Doodle stop responding and was hurt Brother immediately felt terrible for what he had accidentally done.

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I think that brother is somewhat guilty for Doodle's because he did wait for his brother at the road. He also just left his brother in the storm and ran to save himself. In the passage it says ".. so I began making plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow." This shows that he was already making plans to kill Doddle. I also say he's kind of innocent because he didn't know that he was pushing Doddle to his limits.

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I beieleve he is somewhat guilty cause of what he did with Doodle, by leaving him alone and Doodle death and how he treated him.

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I believe Brother is guilt. In the story it says "Doodle was shouting to brother saying "Brother, Brother, don't leave me! don't leave me!"(Hurst 441). Although I believe he was trying to push doodle to get up by leaving him. In the text it shows Brother leaving but waiting after not being able to see doodle. "As I waited, "I peered through the downpour, but no one came"(Hurst 441). Brother was not wanting to leave him to die but it ended up going wrong for Brother.

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I believe he is guilty because he "left his brother behind in the storm" knowing full well that his brother heart cannot take much pressure or strain for it would implode and kill doodle right there on the spot(doctor told them this around page 430).(Hurst 441) The main reason why he even did all this was because he was embarrassed of having a crippled brother and in the end letting his pride drive him to a great downfall. (Hurst 434)

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Not only is brother guilty the murder was premeditated late in the story he leaves doodle "I ran as fast as i could leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us" not only that he also earlier in the story deterred his parent from potential questioning by saying that doodle didnt hear a rain frog "

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I think that Brother is somewhat guilty because Doodle maybe could've gotten back up again to try and catch up with him, but he should've known not to leave Doodle behind. In the story it says, "When the deafening peal of thunder had died, and in the moment before the rain arrived, I heard Doodle, who had fallen behind, cry out, Brother, Brother, don't leave me! Don't leave me!"(Hurst 441). He was just looking after himself. In the story it also says, "As I waited, I peered through the downpour, but no one came"(Hurst 441). Brother may have waited on Doodle but that doesn't hide the fact that he left him in the rain alone. The story also says, "Doodle was my brother and was going to cling to me forever, no matter what I did,..."(Hurst 431). If Doodle was going to cling to brother forever, then he would've helped Doodle back to the house.