Blog 6: Scarlet Ibis

Another superstition that was mentioned in the short story The Scarlet Ibis is when Aunt Nicey states "Dead birds is bad lucky, specially red dead birds" (Hurst 223). 

This is a superstition because shortly after the red bird died, Doodle and his brother go to Horsehead Landing. 

On there way home, it starts pouring rain and the brother runs away from Doodle leaving him in the dust. 

Doodle then dies under a tree, just like the Scarlet Ibis. This defiantly affects the plot development,

because it shows a connection between the title, events and the maine character.