English 9R
“The Scarlet Ibis” Study Questions (12 points)
DUE DATE: Thursday, October 20th
Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences based on your reading of
“The Scarlet Ibis”. Use at least one direct quote with a page number in one of your answers.
Please type all answers and submit to Turnitin.com.
1. How does Doodle disappoint his brother?
2. What motivates the narrator to teach his brother to walk?
3. The narrator says, “There is within me… a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love…”
Give two examples of his cruelty to Doodle.
4. Summarize the circumstances leading to Doodle’s death.
5. Discuss your opinion of the following using evidence from the text to support your
answer: was the narrator and Doodle’s relationship based on goodness, utility, or
pleasure?
6. How did the narrator’s conflicting feelings of love and hate affect how he interacted with
Doodle?