Scarlet Ibis”, James Hurst uses the bleeding tree, Doodle’s coffin, and …show more content…
It’s called a bleeding tree because the sap is red, so when you cut it down it looks like it’s bleeding. It is most notably known as the tree Doodle dies under. The bleeding tree could be symbolized as a torment or heavy ordeal.
Especially since the narrator mourns his brother's death under the tree. As the narrator states” For a long time, it seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen Scarlet Ibis from the rain.”
When Doodle was born he had an impairment of his muscles, which prompted his dad to have a coffin built for him. The coffin was mahogany, a shade of reddish-brown, but Doodle didn't die so it was put in the families barn loft. As a cruel joke, the narrator made Doodle touch the coffin that was made for him. The coffin was made because of Doodle’s parents thinking that he wasn't going to live. So the coffin could be interpreted as past struggles for Doodle
The bleeding tree is identified in the first sentence of the story. It’s called a bleeding tree because the sap is red, so when you cut it down it looks like it’s bleeding. It is most notably known as the tree Doodle dies under. The bleeding tree could be symbolized as a torment or heavy