Why Shouldn T The Narrator Be Responsible For Doodle's Death

Pride is something that can make us do wonderful things or end up killing someone. The Narrator always wanted a brother (Doodle), but not one that was disabled. The narrator got caught up in trying to help Doodle because of how disabled he was, and ended up killing Doodle because of pride, which he did not know he had until it was too late. The narrator should not be responsible for Doodle’s death because he didn’t mean to kill him, he’s too young to know what he is doing, and although he was prideful, that is only human nature.
The narrator did not mean to kill his little brother, Doodle. The narrator said that “What are the words that can solder cracked pride?”(Hurst, 360) The narrator wanted to help Doodle walk and do other things like rowing a boat, but ended up getting too caught up in helping him that he started to do it for the narrator’s pride, because helping someone who really needs help is amazing, and that feeling, you want more of it. Sometimes though, you can get too much of pride and end up hurting or killing someone else involuntarily because of it .

The narrator had said that“Finally one day, i had stood him up, and he had stood there for a few seconds, before he fell face-down into the grass” (Hurst, 355). At age 10, you should be learning how to do math and science, and not teaching someone else to do other things. The narrator was doing so much at such a young age that he didn’t know any better. When you are that young, you don’t know what pride is, let alone how to control