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What do Doodle’s repeated pleas of “Don’t leave me” foreshadow?

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Answer: Later in the story, the narrator races ahead and leaves Doodle to struggle behind during a terrible storm.

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In "The Scarlet Ibis", a short story by novelist James Hurst, the Narrator, called Brother, relates the life of his junior brother, William Armstrong, nicknamed Doodle.

When a scarlet ibis that had appeared in their garden dies, Doodle, pitying the bird, buries it, repeating his plea of “Don’t leave me”. This foreshadows the following: when an unexpected rainstorm arises, Brother gets angry and frustrated that Doodle could not complete his training, so he runs ahead, leaving the scared boy behind.

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Here is the answer of the given question above. Doodle's repeated pleas of "Don't leave me" foreshadows that the narrator races ahead and leaves Doodle to struggle behind during a terrible storm which happened later in the story. This is based on the excerpt from "The Scarlet Ibis". Hope this answer helps.
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