Blog 6: The Scarlet Ibis

The Southern family [Doodle and "Brother" are a part of] believes in superstitions. Upon Doodle's birth, Aunt Nicey thinks the boy is holy because he was born in a caul, "Jesus's nightgown." Additionally, the mother of both boys does not think it will rain because she hadn't heard the call of a "rain frog." What other superstitions are shared in the story? How do you think they affect the developments in plot? Can you think of other superstitions you believe/ have heard others believe?

There are many superstitions that are included in the story and because of that they are used to the different situations in the story that Doodle reacts to. His parents are very superstitious and make sure that doodle will not get hurt because he is fragile. This definitely shows that the plot will be different because of all these different superstitions that are forced onto doodle and his family. I am not a very superstitious personally but I think that it is interesting to hear other peoples superstitions.