Simon Birch Research Paper

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“The Scarlet Ibis” and Simon Birch Have you ever wondered how much acceptance can truly shift your life? Simon Birch and “The Scarlet Ibis” are stories told from the perspective of two people looking back on the characters Simon and Doodle's significance in their lives. Doodle and Simon have physical obstacles they try to overcome throughout the story. The short story “The Scarlet Ibis” and the movie Simon Birch display comments on the tenacity and splendor of the human spirit through the narrator and the impact of flashbacks, the relation between major and minor characters, and through religious influence, symbols, and imagery. First, Simon Birch and “The Scarlet Ibis” both have the narrators reflecting on the past, so it is third person. …show more content…

Lastly, “The Scarlet Ibis” and Simon Birch are connected through imagery, religion and symbols. In “The Scarlet Ibis” some of the imagery that is created through the story is an old women's swamp. Brother knew Doodle would always be with him: “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”(Hurst 465). This shows that he knew Doodle was always going to be with him, so he was gonna have to deal with him. In Simon Birch some of the imagery was the pond and how every time Joe went there after his mom died he would always see a deer and it was almost like a sign that she was still watching over him and Simon. In “The Scarlet Ibis” some of the religious things were how Aunt Nicey thought Doodle was from Jesus because he was born in a caul and cauls were made out of Jesus’s nightgown. Doodle was from Jesus because he was born in a caul: “She said he would live because he was born in a caul, and cauls were made from Jesus’ nightgown”(Hurst 462). This shows that basically it is religious because it shows that Aunt Nicey believes in Jesus and his miracles that he can

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