Symbolism Worksheet
“Scarlet Ibis” Worksheet
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1. How does the author use flashback in the first page of the story? How does this flashback cause a change in the mood between the third and fourth paragraph?
2. Why is it ironic that Doodle’s real name is William Armstrong?
3. Death imagery: Find two examples of death images in the story. Give the page number following the example.
|Quote |Page number |
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4. How does this foreshadow what may happen later in the story? What is your prediction?
5. DIRECTIONS: Write what symbol is being expressed in each passage and explain its meaning in a minimum of two sentences.
|Story Passage |Symbol |Meaning |
|That winter we didn’t make much progress, for I was in |Spring |Spring is symbolic of rebirth and new beginnings. |
|school and Doodle suffered from one bad cold after another. | |Brother and Doodle are feeling optimistic about |
|But when spring came, rich and warm, we raised our sights | |their goals. |
|again. | | |
|When Peter was ready to go to sleep, the peacock spread his | | |
|magnificent tail, enfolding the boy gently like a closing | | |
|go-to-sleep flower, burying him in the gloriously | | |
|iridescent, rustling vortex | | |
|At that moment the bird began to flutter, but the wings were| | |
|uncoordinated, | | |
|Sadly, we all looked back at the bird. A scarlet ibis! How | | |
|many miles it had traveled to die like this, in our yard, | | |
|beneath the bleeding tree. | | |
|Finally I went back and found him huddled beneath a red | | |
|nightshade bush beside the road. He was sitting on the | | |
|ground, his face buried in his arms, which were resting on | | |
|his drawn-up knees. " | | |
|Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth | | |
|like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, | | |
|awed by its exotic beauty. | | |
6. What is the climax of the story? Why do you think this is the climax?
7. Consider the following quote: “There is inside me (and with sadness I have seen it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love.” Using this quote, create a theme for “The Scarlet Ibis.” (Remember – a theme is a big idea or message of the story. It should be at least one sentence long).
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