The Scarlet Ibis

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The Scarlet Ibis

• By James Hurst

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Opener for Monday, Aug. 6th

• You need to have
• Binders out open on desk
• Orange Literature books open to page 594.

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Theme

• Lets consider the theme of LOVE.
• What can be said about Love?
• Complete the following phrases in three (3)
  different ways
• Love
• Love can
• Love is
• Love should

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ThemesYou will need to record what parts of the
text address these themes.

• Fear
• What does the story suggest about fear?
• Regret
• What does the story suggest about regret?
• Appreciate what you have before its gone
• How does the story address this?
• People can be the most cruel to those they love
  most
• What does the story suggest may be the reasons?

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Opener Friday, August 3rd

• Write 4-5 sentences that explains why you believe
  we can sometimes be the most cruel to the people
  we love the most.

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Characterization

• Traits
• Trait 1
• Trait 2
• Trait 3

• Evidence (quotes with page )
• Explains why you described Brother the way you
  did in Trait 1 USE QUOTES
• Explains why you described Brother the way you
  did in Trait 2 USE QUOTES
• Explains why you described Brother the way you
  did in Trait 3 USE QUOTES

• Be sure to be able to explain WHY you have
  assigned each trait to the character you chose.

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Opener Thursday, Aug. 9th

• Write the words
• Blink and The Scarlet Ibis Connecting the
  Mediums of Music and Literature as the heading of
  your opener.
• As we listen to the song I want you to jot down
  as many similarities as you can think of the
  connect the song with the short story by James
  Hurst entitledThe Scarlet Ibis

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Infer

• To draw a conclusion by reasoning to conclude or
  judge from evidence

Characterization
The way an author develops characters by
describing their physique, actions, thoughts,
gestures, beliefs, strengths, and weaknesses.
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Characterization

• Character Name ________________
• Trait 1 ______________
• Evidence from Text
• Trait 2 _______________
• Evidence from Text
• Trait 3 _______________
• Evidence from Text

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Skills You Have Practiced

• You have made INFERENCES regarding a specific
  character and ANALYZED Hursts use of
  CHARACTERIZATION.

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Character Analysis

• After reading James Hursts The Scarlet Ibis,
  write a character analysis addressing how three
  of the characters traits aid in developing the
  storys theme.
• Make certain you use evidence from the text to
  support your ideas.

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What you have learned

• Now you know how to ANALYZE a character in a
  literary piece by making INFERENCES through the
  authors use of CHARACTERIZATION.

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Character Analysis Thesis Statement

• Tuesday, August 17th Write this formula in your
  NOTES Section
• Author utilizes Literary Device in Type
  Title of Work to Analytical Verb Purpose
  Thesis Statement
• List of Analytical Verbs
• Examines Investigates Suggests
• Implies Highlights Concludes
• Indicates Addresses Explores
• Outlines Insinuates

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Using Quotes to Support
Read the following quotes and in two sentences
write what you believe it reveals about Brother.

• 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.

Resentful,
Unappreciative,
Defeated
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Using Quotes to Support
Read the following quotes and in two sentences
write what you believe it reveals about Brother.

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

Mean,
Reflective,
Remorseful
Regretful
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Using Quotes to Support
Read the following quotes and in two sentences
write what you believe it reveals about Brother.

• But all of us must have something or someone to
  be proud of, and Doodle had become mine. I did
  not know then that pride is a wonderful, terrible
  thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and
  death.

Prideful,
Selfish,
Reflective
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Character Analysis Thesis Statement

• P1 Hook Thesis Statement (Use Formula)
• P2 - Topic Sentence 1 (TRAIT 1)
• Supporting Details 1 (EVIDENCE)
• P3 - Topic Sentence 2 (TRAIT 2)
• Supporting Details 2 (EVIDENCE)
• P4 - Topic Sentence 3 (TRAIT 3)
• Supporting Details 3 (EVIDENCE)
• P5 - Conclusion (How traits help develop
• reveal theme)

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Character Analysis Thesis Statement
How does Hurst utilize characterization in order
to develop a specific theme in his short story
The Scarlet Ibis? USE THE THESIS
FORMULA James Hurst utilizes characterization in
his short story The Scarlet Ibis to suggest
(insert theme) through Brothers TRAIT 1, TRAIT
2, and TRAIT 3.
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P1 Thesis Statement

• James Hurst utilizes characterization in his
  short story The Scarlet Ibis to suggest people
  should live life with no regrets through
  Brothers embarrassment, demanding nature, and
  regret.

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P2 Topic Sentence 1

• Brother is embarrassed. Brother wants a sibling
  that he can play with, but his mom tells him that
  Doodle wont be able to do those things and may
  not even be, all there. Brother thinks, It was
  bad enough having an invalid brother but the
  thought of having one who was not all there was
  unbearable (595). Brother is obviously ashamed
  of having a physically handicapped brother
  because he states it is unbearable. Later, when
  Doodle is five years old, Brother reveals, I was
  embarrassed at having a brother of that age who
  couldnt walk (597). Brother is more concerned
  about what others at school will think about him
  being the brother to an abnormal child rather
  than taking care of Doodle. His embarrassment
  leads him to only look out for himself.

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P3 Topic Sentence 2

• Brother is demanding. As Brother takes Doodle to
  Old Woman Swamp, his plan is to teach Doodle to
  walk. Brothers demanding nature is revealed
  when he, put(s) him(Doodle) on his feet at least
  a hundred times each afternoon (597). While this
  may be an exaggeration, it does suggest that
  Brother demands that the routine be attempted
  repetitively over a long period of time. At one
  point Doodle cries out, Dont hurt me, Brother,
  to which Brother replies, Shut-up. Im not going
  to hurt you. Im going to teach you to walk
  (598). Obviously Brother is more concerned about
  strictly following the plan more than he is
  Doodles well-being.

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P4 Topic Sentence 3

• Brother is regretful. Looking back on his
  childhood, Brother realizes, There is within me
  ( and with sadness I have watched it in others) a
  knot of cruelty borne by the stream of loveand
  at times I was mean to Doodle (597). Although
  Brother does not recognize it as a child, he now
  looks back ashamedly at how poorly he treated
  Doodle. When the boys parents begin to praise
  Brother for teaching Doodle to walk Brother
  recognizes that his family, did not know that I
  did it for myself (599). This quote shows
  Brother regrets his selfishness, realizing that
  while he has helped his brother greatly, he has
  done it out of impure motives.

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P2 Brother is selfish 1st pd

• Brother is selfish. Just after the family sees
  Doodle walk for the first time Brother recognizes
  that, They did not know that I did it for
  myself that pride, whose slave I was, spoke
  louder than all their voices, and that Doodle
  walked only because I was ashamed of having a
  crippled brother (599). This quote shows that
  Brother only teaches Doodle to walk so he no
  loger has to be ashamed.

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P3 Brother is cruel -1st pd

• Brother is cruel. After visiting Old Woman
  Swamp Brother, took him up to the barn loft and
  showed him his casket, telling him how we all had
  believed he would die (597). While this reveals
  his cruelty he goes on to demand, And before I
  help you down from the loft, youre going to have
  to touch it (597). These quotes reveal or this
  clearly indicates

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P4 Brother is regretful- 1st pd

• Brother is regretful. Intro quote
• The knowledge that Doodles and my plans had
  come to naught was bitter, and that streak of
  cruelty within me awakened. I ran as fast as I
  could, leaving him far behind, (604). Analyze
  quote
• Synonyms of Regretful apologetic, remorseful,
  ashamed, sorry

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P2 Brother is selfish 4th pd

• Brother is selfish. Brother tells Doodle that he
  is going to teach him to walk, explaining he will
  do so, So I wont have to haul you around all
  the time (598). This quote shows that Brother is
  more concerned with guarding his own time rather
  than taking care of Doodle.

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P3 Brother is disappointed 4th pd

• Brother is disappointed. Brother wants a
  sibling that he can run and play with, however ,
  Mama, crying, told me that even if William
  Armstrong lived, he would never do these things
  with me (595). This quote reveals that since
  Doodle is born handicapped he fails to meet
  Brothers expectations.

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P4 Brother is regretful 4th pd

• Brother is regretful. After Brother takes Doodle
  to Old Woman Swamp, years later he comes to
  realize, 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 (597). This quote
  indicates that brother is remorseful because he
  didnt realize how horrible he was to doodle, and
  wishes he could have the time back to change it.

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Opener Friday, Sept. 9th

• Directions How would you quote this passage to
  support the idea that Brother is cruel? Would
  using double or single quotes work best? Be
  prepared to discuss.
• Doodle studied the mahogany box for a long time,
  then said, Its not mine.
• It is, I said. And before Ill help you down
  from the loft, youre going to have to touch it.
• I wont touch it, he said sullenly.
• Then Ill leave you here by yourself, I
  threatened, and made as if I were going down.

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Opener Friday, Sept. 9th

• After revealing the coffin made for Doodle when
  his family had believe he would die as a baby,
  Brother continues to cruelly push Doodle.
• Doodle studied the mahogany box for a long time,
  then said, Its not mine.
• It is, I said. And before Ill help you down
  from the loft, youre going to have to touch it.
• I wont touch it, he said sullenly.
• Then Ill leave you here by yourself, I
  threatened, and made as if I were going down.
• This conversation in the barn loft clearly
  portrays Brothers callousness as Doodle is
  forced to do his brothers bidding.

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Opener Friday, Sept. 9th

• After revealing the coffin made for Doodle when
  his family had believe he would die as a baby,
  Brother continues to cruelly push Doodle. After
  Doodle has studied the coffin, he refuses to
  believe that it is his to which Brother says,
  before Ill help you down from the loft, youre
  going to have to touch it. When Doodles refuses,
  Brother goes on to say, Then Ill leave you here
  by yourself, and threatens as if her were going
  to climb down from the loft.
• This conversation in the barn loft clearly
  portrays Brothers callousness as Doodle is
  forced to do his brothers bidding.