Scarlet Ibis Theme Essay

There are many themes in “The Scarlet Ibis” and Simon Birch. The story and the movie are both very similar. Those stories The themes are learning life lessons, always believe, and continue on.
The first theme is learning life lessons. In the story and in the movie both Doodle and Simon were cripple. In "The scarlet Ibis" the life lesson is to not get caught up in pride. The narrator in the story was really proud of accomplishing to teach Doodle to walk. He set goals for to teach Doodle to swim, climb trees, and fight so Doodle could start school. He didn't make much progress. When it was a few days before school, they were out in Old Woman Swamp when a hurricane came out. Doodle couldn't catch up to him, but he didn't help him so he could do it by himself. He went on ahead, but when he couldn't see him and went back and found him dead. In Simon Birch, the life lesson is Don't judge a book by its cover. Simon was always

In the story and in the movie both of the narrators were reflecting on their past. In "The scarlet Ibis" The narrator was telling the story of his brother Doodle. In the beginning of the story, it was obvious that someone had died. The story was basically screaming at us. The narrator named him doodle after he decided he was all there. They always played at Old Woman Swamp. Later on, he showed Doodle his coffin which scared him half to death. Especially when the Scarlet Ibis died which was a huge sign in showing us that someone is going to die. To make my point is that the narrator's way of showing that he is moving on is telling this story. In Simon Birch, the narrator was Joe. There was really only 1 sign that showed Simon was going to die. In the beginning, Joe was standing outside the church in the graveyard with Simon's name on it. Then in the very ending, it showed joe still there and his daughter calling out him to hurry up or she'll be late to soccer practice, therefore Joe has continued on with his