Pride changed the way Brother thought about Doodle. At first he was so happy to have a little brother. Then everything changed when he discovered that the Doodle was paralyzed. The brother's actions to help Doodle learn to do things an average person can do turned into embarrassment for having a disabled brother. "The Scarlet Ibis" is a short story written by James Hurst. The way Hurst wrote this story made it seem like non-fiction, but it is actually realistic fiction. The brothers' emotions changed when he discovered that Doodle, his younger brother, was crippled. However, when Brother discovered that Doodle was "all there", he decided to teach him to walk. The symbols Hurst used in "The Scarlet Ibis" had many different meanings. The symbolism of this story showed the relationship between Brother and Doodle. One of the symbols is the cart that Brother had to pull with Doodle inside, which showed how Doodle was, for the most part, a burden to Brother. Doodle “...was a burden in many ways...he couldn't be too excited, too hot, too cold or too tired and he always had to...