“The Scarlet Ibis” is the story of a young boy named Doodle who was born with birth defects and was told by his family that he would never make it, they prepared for his death. To find out he would soon overcome much of the "impossible". He's had a lot of limitations and a lot of "don'ts," but he's able to do a lot of things that they said he could never do. Although the things he overcame ended when he died at the end of the story. Hurst's tale expresses symbolism through the connection between characters and seasons. Seasons? Why the seasons where the text is about Doodle's life story? As you know no one hoped he would live this long, but instead of talking about Doodle first, Hurst opens with: “It was the season's sliver, summer was dead but autumn was not yet born, that the ibis lit on the 'bloody tree'. This line is the opening of the story: it was the first time Hurst talked about the scarlet ibis and the first time he started talking about the seasons. In this line it seems that the introduction of the seasons can give us some information about the setting and time period. The season influences the weather and in this period there would be no sun but it would be cloudy since it is also the period in which Doodle was born. It seems like the author uses the season to foreshadow events that will soon happen in the story. Like when it's dark negative things happen. You might think that the start of a new life is bad, because it wasn't just the start of a life, but it was when the family found out that Doodle had birth defects and wasn't going to make it. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get Original Essay After three months of still living his life, he began to crawl, which no one thought he would achieve so much, but he did. Now he hangs out with his older brother, the authors explain how Doodle touched the grass and said it was cute. The older brother then says, “I would pick wildflowers, wild violets, honeysuckles, yellow jasmine, snake flowers, and water lilies.” We can suggest, through the way they explain the nature of the environment around them, that the seasons will change. We can suggest it to be sunny because flowers need sunlight. Through these suggestions we can say that the weather is 'good' now and this shows the symbolism of the season because at this time the author tells us that Doodle has started to crawl. I would say that it is a positive thing that happens in a certain season with good weather. This confirms that the author uses the seasons to indicate positive events. We are then introduced to the scarlet ibis that was found dead in the family's backyard. “A Scarlet Ibis! How many miles had he traveled to die like this, in our yard, under the bleeding tree.” The bird had flown miles through the storm. We are told that there is a storm right now, which means the story is now in a different time period, now it's another season with "bad" weather. As when we are told this the death of the scarlet ibis occurs and immediately after the death of Doodle. Through this I can suggest that the author used the seasons to indicate whether a good or bad thing will happen next. The way the story is told and the way the seasons and time play an important role in this story can suggest foreshadowing of events to come. The author purposely used symbolism throughout the season because before each major event he added something to suggest the previous time and/or season. Even if he only uses it to give us a time period and setting, it would be a great coincidence that it influenced the events that unfold.