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In the lightning thief by Rick Riordan Luke Castellan wanted power.
Answer:
The bird 'ibis' is symbolic in the story as it parallels with the life Doodle.
Explanation:
"The Scarlet Ibis" is a short story written by James Hurst. The story is about two brothers– Brother and Doodle.
In the story, a red bird named Ibis is carried by the storm in North America, where the brothers were. Ibis is symbolic in the story as it parallels with the life of Doodle. As ibis was forced by a force outside of it just like Doodle. The death of ibis foreshadows the death of Doodle. Just as ibis was carried by storm, Doodle was also resulted from the storm. Just as ibis's wings mangled, it could not fly and fall on the ground and died. This parallels again with Doodle, who falls again and again because of his limbs.
After he has been going around with Jordan Baker<span>, who is a golf champion and plays in tournaments, Nick learns that she cheated in her first big tournament. ... Nick has learned that </span>Jordan Baker<span> is a "bad driver," meaning that she is mendacious, incurably dishonest, and he breaks off his relationship with her.</span>
"The man who was almost a man" speaks of Dave, who had conflicts with gaining recognition and respect, because he was young. He wanted to grow up and become a man. For this he bought a weapon, thinking that it would make him grow as a man. Seeking power, he buys this weapon, to feel powerful, unstoppable. All these conflicts of the dave age led him to make some bad decisions. The story well specifies this when he accidentally shoots a mule, and he cannot sustain the excuse he made up for it, and when he decides to take a train and go to a city where he would be able to man up.
