The Narrator's Guilty For The Death Of Doodle

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I believe that the narrator is guilty for the death of Doodle. The narrator caused his death by forcing, challenging, and overwhelming him to much. The narrator has shown very little care and respect for Doodle The narrator forced Doodle very much in the text. The narrator was forcing him by making him do things, such as making him touch his coffin as stated in the text, “it is yours, I said, and before ill help you down from the loft you'll touch it.”. The narrator even forced him to stand up, “I can't walk brother, he said, who says so I demanded.”. Doodle was also forced to walk right after he learned to walk, “I just can't do it, oh yes you can, doodle “ I said”. The narrator challenged Doodle some specific times. The narrator forced

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