Two Kinds

Her attitude works more to her disadvantage because when someone has a negative mind nothing comes out right. Who knows if she could've been a famous piano player? Her attitude was the thing that mixed everything up. One should never be rude or disrespectful to our parents no matter what. They were the ones who brought us here.

The Scarlet Ibis

I think he is absolutely cruel to his brother although the narrator miraculously changed by the end of the story because he learned to appreciate, love, and shelter his brother even though it was too late. The Narrator is cruel to his brother when he was running away from him, and when he made Doodle touch his own coffin that his father made for him. The Narrator tells us that everyone, even himself, has been cruel to their families because of love. The brother’s pride overtakes love when he continues to push Doodle to harder physical exercises in spite of Doodle's obviously weak state of health. He feels embarrassed and ashamed of Doodle's limitations and differences from other people. When Doodle’s family congratulates him on his accomplishment, the brother feels shame because he knows that he did it not because of love, but because of pride. He understands he had been selfish and cruel because of his own need to succeed in his title as Doodle's teacher. The brother never knew how to appreciate and think how great his brother truly was towards him and other people too. He never noticed that Doodle was just a simple miracle happening right beside him. The narrator had lost the best thing that could ever happen to him. In conclusion, his pride had contributed Doodle's death.