The Scarlet Ibis Summary | 台北市立動物園資訊網

2021年5月12日—TheScarletIbisSummary·InTheScarletIbis,thenarratorrecountseventsthatoccuredinthepast.Whenthenarratorissix,hislittlebrotheris ...

In "The Scarlet Ibis[1]," the narrator recounts events that occured in the past. When the narrator is six, his little brother is born. He is born in a caul, meaning a membrane surrounded his head, so everyone expects him to die. However, the little brother lives, and when he is three months old, their parents give him the name William Armstrong, of which the narrator does not approve.

The narrator is extremely upset that his little brother is disabled; he had high hopes that his sibling would be able to run and jump and play with him. When his mother suggests that his little brother might not turn out to be "all there," the narrator is even more upset; however, when the baby stares right at him and smiles, the narrator knows that he is "all there" after all.

When the baby is two years old, he learns to move around and crawl by himself. As soon as he does, they decide they need to gi...