Is The Narrator Responsible For Doodle's Death Essay

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Is the narrator responsible for Doodles death? Yes, he was responsible for Doodle’s death, he let doodle just lay there on the ground in a storm about to perish from the world. The narrator has hated Doodle since the beginning. The narrator only taught Doodle how to walk for his pride. The narrator has hated Doodle since the beginning. As it states on Page 2 Paragraph 7 it says”One day I took him up to the barn loft and showed him his casket, telling him how we all had believed he would die.” According to this quote, it shows that the narrator wanted to cause Doodle to die and show him that he will die. The narrator still did this to show doodle his faith and that he will die eventually.“It was atrocious enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable, so I began to form plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.”For this reason is the main reason …show more content…
They did not know that I did it for myself, that pride”Afterward the narrator had done what was previously mentioned. The narrator was the only one who does not possess a normal brother, so the narrator was not even apologetic enough and gave up his time during the summers just to cause him to have pride.”Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.”For this reason it just shows that she only did it because she was ashamed of her having a brother that is different from everyone else, it's the narrator's fault because if Doodle was out of the world he wouldn't be ashamed anymore and wouldn't have to worry about other people making him feel unwelcome in life because of his brother.”One day I took him up to the barn loft and showed him his casket, telling him how we all had believed he would die.”However, this isn’t actually mean but this shows how much he wanted to kill Doodle and affect him mentally and

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