Quote Journal for Theme Analysis Essay

Short Story: The scarlet ibis

Thematic Idea: PRIDE

Within James Hursts tragic short story The Scarlet Ibis discussing
how brothers pride resulted in Doodles death and , he shifts from Brother pushing doodle too hard
to Brother being cruel to Doodle in order to prove how PRIDE displays
the effect it can do to another person which can make a person not see or notice what they are doing but still think theyre doing something right revealing
that pride is a wonderful, terrible thing( citation ).

ASS 1 SENTENCE FORMULA:

Write your formula here using + signs and add in your information

ASS 2 SENTENCE FORMULA (w/adv. clause trans. @ beginning): Write your formula here using + signs
and add in your information

ASS 1 SENTENCE FOR PARAGRAPH 1: Brother pushes Doodle too hard because he knows that if he
pushes him, he will eventually die.

ASS 2 SENTENCE FOR PARAGRAPH 2: Because Doodle is being pushed too hard. It creates cruelty to
Doodle and makes brother feel proud

Thematic Idea: PRIDE

Assertion Sentence
Formula:
(Assertion Idea + Focus
of essay your themed
statement rephrased)

ASS1 Topic: Brother pushes doodle too hard

Assertion Formula Plug-in: put your formula here (use + and plug in your information

ASS 1 Sentence: Brother pushes Doodle too hard because his pride makes him do it so that Doodle could
learn to walk and do other things
EV1 & Comm

Whats going on in this scene

before and after the quote
before: brother was
waking doodle up

after: they were in the

dining room having
lunch

Textual Evidence

4
Citatio
n

(your quotation)
it was too late to turn back,
for they had both wandered
too far, into a net of
expectations and had left no
crumbs behind

pg
5

Literary
Element
Allusio
n.

Commentary (explains how the T.E. is the L.E. and how it proves the
assertion and themed statement MULT. SENTENCES)
This is an allusion because it is comparing what
happened in The Scarlet Ibis toHansel and
Gretel.The Allusion compares when Hansel and Gretel
left crumbs so that they could find theyre way back
home. It also compares how brother and doodle both
had many expectations and plans for each other that
they were lost. The words and had left no crumbs
behindand it was too late to turn back helped
establish this type of comparison because it can tell
how both Hansel and Gretel and Brother and Doodle
had a similiar problem because the crumbs that
Hansel and Gretel put went away and how Brother
and Doodle were late to turn back because they were
lost in their expectations.The author shows that
Brother felt regretful but didnt care at the same time.
This connects to the assertion and theme because his
pride makes him wander far into his expectation and
in Brothers expectations he pushes Doodle too hard.

For your evidence sentence, combine boxes 1, 2, and 3 into one sentence. . For your commentary sentences, combine boxes 4-5 (this should be multiple sentences).

While they kept on with a tired doggedness Brother knew they had wandered too far and left no crumbs behind later
realizing that they would be lost in their expectations.

EV 2 & Comm
1

3
Textual Evidence

Whats going on in this scene before

and after the quote

(your quotation)

4
Citatio
n

5
Literary
Element

Commentary (explains how the T.E. is the L.E. and how it proves the
assertion and themed statement MULT. SENTENCES)

before: brother made

him swim and row until
doodle couldn't handle
it

after: brother helped

doodle up and tried
motivating him

Brother purposely walked

fast...Doodles face turned
red...and his eyes became
glazed..he collapsed and
began to cry.

pg 5

imager
y

The words his face turned red and his eyes

became glazed create the imagery because its
describing how doodle couldn't handle being pushed
hard. Brother made Doodle suffer by making him do
things that would be difficult for Doodle to do. The
author associated Brothers pride in this quote because
the pride makes him push doodle more. This imagery
affects the audience because its letting everyone
know that Brother was being cruel to Doodle so it sets
out Brothers characteristics. This imagery can connect
to the assertion because Doodles face turns red so
that shows that Brother was pushing doodle too hard.

For your evidence sentence, combine boxes 1, 2, and 3 into one sentence. . For your commentary sentences, combine boxes 4-5 (this should be multiple sentences).

Brother purposely walked fast...Doodles face turned red...and his eyes became glazed..he collapsed and began to cry. Brother
helped Doodle up and Motivated him.

Assertion 2 idea: CRUELTY TO DOODLE

Thematic Idea: PRIDE _

Assertion 2 Sentence
Formula:
(Adv. Trans. phrase +
Assertion Idea + Focus of
essay your themed
statement rephrased)

Assertion Formula Plug-in: put your formula here (use + and plug in your information

ASS 2 Sentence: Because doodle is being pushed too hard, it creates cruelty to doodle and makes brother
feel proud.
EV1 & Comm

Textual Evidence
Whats going on in this scene before
and after the quote

(your quotation)

before: brother took

him to the barn loft

One time Brother showed

Doodle his casket telling him
how they all believed he
would die. when Brother
made him touch the casket,
Doodle screamed

after:brother carried
doodle and doodle was
telling brother not to
leave him

Citatio
n

Literary
Element

Commentary (explains how the T.E. is the L.E. and how it proves the
assertion and themed statement MULT. SENTENCES)

pg 2

foresh
adowin
g

.The quote is an example of foreshadowing because

when Brother shows Doodle his casket it creates an
image of death which later on leads to Doodle dying in
the story. Brother is being cruel to Doodle by making
him touch the casket that was meant for him.Its
important to the author to add foreshadowing early in
the story because it can make the reader of the story
like more excited and it will make the reader keep on
reading the story to find out what happens. The
literary element and quote proves the ass. because in
the quote Brother was being cruel to Doodle by
making him touch his casket

For your evidence sentence, combine boxes 1, 2, and 3 into one sentence. . For your commentary sentences, combine boxes 4-5 (this should be multiple sentences).
Brother showed Doodle the casket telling him how they all believed he would diewhen Brother made him touch the casket, Doodle screamed and Brother at that moment became cruel.

EV2 & Comm

1

Textual Evidence
Whats going on in this scene before
and after the quote

(your quotation)

before: doodle had

collapsed onto the mud
but brother helped him
up

Doodle had failed and they

both knew it...the faster
Brother walked Doodle
walked, so Brother began to
run

After: Doodle fell

behind, and brother left
him

Citatio
n

pg 8

Literary
Element

Tone

Commentary (explains how the T.E. is the L.E. and how it proves the
assertion and themed statement MULT. SENTENCES)

This quotation is an example of tone because the

words the faster i walked he walked, so i began to
run is reflecting Brothers attitude towards Doodle
failing. The author puts this quote in the story to let
the audience how Brother feels. At the same time
Brother wanted to push Doodle for the good of him but
also wanted to push him so that Doodle could suffer
more. The quote proves the assertion because when
Brother pushes Doodle it creates cruelty. This quote
also proves the theme statement because the pride
Brother had in him made him have that attitude.

For your evidence sentence, combine boxes 1, 2, and 3 into one sentence. . For your commentary sentences, combine boxes 4-5 (this should be multiple sentences).