Question

Which excerpt from "The Scarlet Ibis" most foreshadows that the narrator will feel regret for something he has done to Doodle? But sometimes (like right now), as I sit in the cool, green-draped parlor, the grindstone begins to turn, and time with all its changes is ground away—and I remember Doodle. Doodle was my brother and he was going to cling to me forever, no matter what I did, so I dragged him across the burning cotton field to share with him the only beauty I knew, Old Woman Swamp. There is within me (and with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction, and at times I was mean to Doodle. Once I had succeeded in teaching Doodle to walk, I began to believe in my own infallibility and I prepared a terrific development program for him, unknown to Mama and Dadd.

Answer 1

There is within me (and with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction, and at times I was mean to Doodle.

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Answer 2

There is within me (and with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction, and at times I was mean to Doodle.

Step-by-step explanation:

The short story "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst tells the story of ha brother's love for his younger, deformed dead brother. This is the only story ever written by Hurst, a one-time wonder.

The narrator of the story, identified only as "Brother" tells of how he and his brother used to be before his death. Recalling some instances of how he tried to make his deformed brother to be at par with the rest of his friends, he reminisce about the past. Sometimes full of love, but at other times, he became more of a pushover in his attempts to make his brother Doodle normal. The lines

"There is within me (and with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction, and at times I was mean to Doodle."

foreshadow the regret the narrator will feel for what he has done.