Question

In "The Scarlet Ibis," Doodle is best symbolized by the bird, the scarlet ibis, because?

1. both are rare and unusual creatures who are tragically separated from their families.
2. both are fragile creatures who struggle in their environment before dying tragic deaths.
3. Doodle loved rare and unusual birds that he felt were similar to him in a variety of ways.
4. Doodle saved the fragile bird, much as his brother attempted to save him when he was young.

Answer 1

2. both are fragile creatures who struggle in their environment before dying tragic deaths.

Answer 2

The answer is: 2. both are fragile creatures who struggle in their environment before dying tragic deaths.

William "Doodle" Armstrong was born with a heart condition and his doctor warned that I was expected for him to die as an infant, he died just before his seventh birthday, the Saturday before his first day of school, that is why Doodle is compared with the Scarlet Ibis fragile yet majestic.