The Scarlet Ibis
Scarlet Ibis
What does the narrator mean when he says that Doodle’s lifeless body “looked very familiar”
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The narrator is referring to the death of the Scarlet Ibis.
A white veil came over the eyes and the long white beak unhinged. Its legs were crossed and its claw-like feet were delicately curved at rest. Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, awed by its exotic beauty.
His little legs, bent sharply at the knees, had never before seemed so fragile, so thin. I began to weep, and the tear-blurred vision in red before me looked very familiar.
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The Scarlet Ibis
