In the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis", we see two ominous thunderstorms that symbolize or foreshadow death. The first thunderstorm is when the scarlet ibis is blown far from its habitat by the powerful wind to Brother and Doodle’s farm. Doodle finds the ibis in the bleeding tree, and the ibis is weak and sick from fighting the violent nature of the storm. The ibis is so exhausted that it falls from the tree dead, and Doodle buries the ibis. In addition, Doodle and Brother are caught in a thunderstorm while playing one day at Old Woman’s Swamp. Doodle tries to climb a rope and swim to shore. As he crawls onto shore, he is exhausted from the physical trials he has been through trying to please Brother. Brother runs ahead leaving Doodle behind, and when Brother realizes that Doodle isn’t following him, he returns to find Doodle dead and bleeding underneath a nightshade bush.
The thunderstorms represent the upcoming doom and death of the ibis and Doodle.
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