climbing, and swimming. Doodle is stretched to exhaustion through these exertions. Brother forced him too hard until he was exhausted
and died in the end. Paul and Doodle are forced different way. Paul feels the
strain of lacking of money so he was financially responsible and pursuit money through the race. In another side, Doodle is forced
by his brother to do cruel activities beyond his means.
3. Strains effect different way
In The Rocking Horse Winner, the strain is strongly faced by Paul. It caused by his mother. After talking with his mother about
Luck, his mother put great strain to him. From his conversation with his mother about luck and money, he assumes that he must
become a lucky person to earn much money for his mother so that he may have his mother’s attention. How ever it bears a positive
effect that is Paul become an independent boy who can earn money by himself.
Mother, said the boy Paul one day, why dont we keep a car of our own? Why do we always use uncles, or else a taxi?
Because were the poor members of the family, said the mother.
But why are we, mother? Well—I suppose, she said slowly and bitterly, its because
your father has no luck. The boy was silent for some time.
Is luck money, mother? he asked, rather timidly.
No, Paul. Not quite. Its what causes you to have money. Then what is luck, mother?
Its what causes you to have money. If youre lucky you have money. Thats why its better to be born lucky than rich. If youre
rich, you may lose your money. But if youre lucky, you will always get more money.
Oh Will you? And is father not lucky? Very unlucky, I should say, she said bitterly.
The boy watched her with unsure eyes. Why? he asked. I dont know. Nobody ever knows why one
person is lucky and another unlucky. Dont they? Nobody at all? Does nobody know?
Perhaps God. But He never tells. He ought to, then. And arent you lucky either, mother?
I cant be, if I married an unlucky husband. But by yourself, arent you?
The child looked at her to see if she meant it. But he saw, by the lines of her mouth, that she was only trying to hide
something from him.
Well, anyhow, he said stoutly, Im a lucky person. Why? said his mother, with a sudden laugh.
He stared at her. He didnt even know why he had said it. God told me, he asserted, brazening it out.
I hope He did, dear, she said, again with a laugh, but rather bitter.
He did, mother Excellent said the mother.
The boy saw she did not believe him; or rather, that she paid no attention to his assertion. This angered him somewhat, and
made him want to compel her attention.
It was different with doodle in the Scarlet Ibis, he always need his brother in every minutes of his life. It was because his mother
always told to Doodle’s brother to take him wherever he goes. Doodle’s brother feels ashamed to take doodle along with him because Doodle
is a handicapped boy. Therefore, Doodle’s brother teach doodle with many thing to make him normal. The strain is given to Doodle until he
was totally under his brother’s controlled. This fact made him could release himself from his brother. He became very dependent to his
brother. Everything he wanted to do must be under his brother controlled. The negative side here is seen that the strain given by
brother made Doodle became a dependent little boy. At first I just paraded him up and down the piazza, but then he
started crying to be taken out into the yard and it ended up by my having to lug him wherever I went. If I so much as picked up
my cap, he’d start crying to go with me, and Mama would call from wherever she was, Take Doodle with you.
He was a burden in many ways. The doctor had said that he mustn’t get too excited, too hot, too cold, or too tired and that he
must always be treated gently. A long list of don’ts went with him, all of which I ignored once we got out of the house. To
discourage his coming with me, I’d run with him across the ends of the cotton rows and careen him around corners on two
wheels.
When Doodle was five years old, I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn’t walk, so I set out to teach
him.
Once I had succeeded in teaching Doodle to walk, I began to believe in my own infallibility and I prepared a terrific
development program for him, unknown to Mama and Daddy, of course. I would teach him to run, to swim, to climb
trees, and to fight. He, too, now believed in my infallibility, so
we set the deadline for these accomplishments less than a year away,
The strain that is faced by two characters in the two story
resulting different effects, positive effect for Paul in The Rocking Horse Winner but negative effect for Doodle in The Scarlet Ibis. By
the strain faced by them, Paul became an independent boy but Doodle still became a dependent boy.
4. A Shortcut to obtain love and Pride
