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.
