and that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother.
. . . all of us must have something or someone to be proud of, and Doodle had become mine. I did not know then that
pride is a wonderful . . .
Pride has become the reason for Brother to push Doodle to do cruel activities to train him to be a normal boy. It makes Doodle
exhausted and finally died in making his brother get his pride. Therefore, the seed of destruction in The Rocking Horse
Winner is money and pride in The Scarlet Ibis. Money is the cause for Paul’s mother to lose his son and pride is the reason for brother
to lose his brother.
2. Living Beyond Limit
The Rocking Horse Winner and The Scarlet Ibis describe a living beyond limit; Paul accepts great strain from his mother luxury
lifestyle by being financially responsible and Doodle is controlled by being taught many hard activities by his brother to be normal like
others. Paul in The Rocking Horse Winner is controlled in family
relationships. His mother puts great strain on him by being financially irresponsible, and living beyond their means. Paul feels
the strain, and is influenced by it to take the pressure away so he tried so hard to earn much money in the race. He did it beyond
limit. He works himself into a frenzy to find more money for his mother. Once he goes through this exhausting experience, he
saves his money to give to his mother. She wants it all at once, however, and against his better judgment, but because of his need
for love, he gives her the money all at once. Paul is pushed by his mother to exhaustion. He pushes himself too hard until he
exhausted and died. As the quotation below:
Were partners. Weve been partners from the first. Uncle, he lent me my first five shillings, which I lost. I promised him, honor
bright, it was only between me and him; only you gave me that ten-shilling note I started winning with, so I thought you were
lucky. You wont let it go any further, will you?”
The boy gazed at his uncle from those big, hot, blue eyes, set rather close together . . .
. . . It frightened Paul terribly . . . But even for the Lincoln he didnt know, and he lost fifty pounds. He became wild-eyed
and strange, as if something were going to explode in him.
So the child cried, trying to get up and urge the rocking-horse that gave him his inspiration
And even as he lay dead, his mother heard her brothers voice saying to her: My God, Hester . . .
Doodle in another story is controlled by his brother. Brother puts great strain on him by teaching him many hard activities to be
done by a crippled brother like Doodle. He was taught beyond limit by his brother to do the rough treatments to pursue their goal;
making Doodle be normal boy. Doodle is forced to learn to walk through Brothers determination. Shut up, Im not going to hurt you.
Im going to teach you to walk, his brother has said before heaving him up to try again. Brothers pride pushes Doodle to be like the
other children, causing them to set unattainable goals of rowing,
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
