"The Scarlet Ibis" - Doodle's Mahogany Coffin by Huy Pham [Student FVHS] https://padlet.com/hvpham100/ubl3rm1dq3wf Huy Pham and John Kubas en-us 2017-10-13 19:10:45 UTC 2017-10-17 00:31:30 UTC hello@padlet.com "Doodle studied the mahogany box for a long time, then said, 'It's not mine" (418). hvpham100 https://padlet.com/hvpham100/ubl3rm1dq3wf/wish/196954869 When Doodle's brother took Doodle to the barn, Doodle then realized how close he was to death, and he thought that the coffin could not have been for him.]]> 2017-10-13 19:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hvpham100/ubl3rm1dq3wf/wish/196954869 "Daddy had Mr. Heath, the carpenter, build a little mahogany coffin for him." (416). hvpham100 https://padlet.com/hvpham100/ubl3rm1dq3wf/wish/197527646 This quote is significant because it's showing how little hope Doodle's parents had for their child to live. Instead of believing that Doodle still had a chance of survival, his family decided to prepare for the death they thought he was going to have to endure.]]> 2017-10-16 18:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hvpham100/ubl3rm1dq3wf/wish/197527646 Symbol - Doodle's Mahogany Coffin hvpham100 https://padlet.com/hvpham100/ubl3rm1dq3wf/wish/197529547
]]> 2017-10-16 18:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hvpham100/ubl3rm1dq3wf/wish/197529547 Symbol Discussion hvpham100 https://padlet.com/hvpham100/ubl3rm1dq3wf/wish/197606506 In the Scarlet Ibis, one symbol is Doodle’s mahogany coffin. This symbol was brought to attention when Doodle was just born. In the story, the author stated, “He was born when I was six and was, from the outset, a disappointment” (416). This quote leads up to the symbol because it’s showing how hopeless Doodle’s family was. Most of them didn’t believe Doodle was going to survive. The symbol is then introduced with the quote, “Daddy had Mr. Heath, the carpenter, build a little mahogany coffin for him” (416). Doodle’s mahogany coffin is symbolic because it shows how he wasn’t a disappointment after all, and this is expressed later on.
Throughout the book, there are some hidden messages of the coffin. The first time that Doodle went to the barn, his brother showed that they made a coffin for him so when he came out of the womb they can put him in the coffin and bury him. Since Doodle lived, the coffin wasn’t very useful, so they kept it in the barn because they didn’t have anywhere to put it. They later went back to the barn, not to take the coffin, but to put the go-cart up. They put the cart right next to the coffin that Doodle’s brother was using to push him around. The coffin in the attic became a trophy, to show what Doodle has overcome in his life.
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