Did your parents ever tell you that you needed to get better at something? It could be a sport, activities, or even your performance in school. This is a vile thing for parents to do to their children. Sometimes parents just need to take a few steps back and let you be yourself. The same can happen with an older brother! This is the case of The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst. The narrator of this story has a younger brother called Doodle, who has some health problems. The older brother pushes the younger brother to be better than he is. In The Scarlet Ibis, Doodle strives to achieve the goals his brother has set for him for many reasons, which reflects the conflict in the story. To begin with, in The Scarlet Ibis, Doodle strives to achieve these goals because he wants to make his brother proud. Every little sibling wants to feel accepted by their older brothers or sisters, as well as their parents. When something is expected of you, it is human nature to want to meet those expectations. Doodle's brother says some things that make him want to be a good enough brother. For example, he writes: “They didn't know that I did it for myself; that pride, to which I was a slave, spoke to me louder than all their voices, and that Doodle walked only because I was ashamed of having a crippled brother. (Page 389). This shows how the narrator's attitude in helping Doodle creates an internal conflict between his desire for pride and his knowledge that it is wrong. By comparison, in The Scarlet Ibis, Doodle strives for these ambitions because he wants to fit in. He knows he's antithetical. , and like everyone else in the world, Doodle just wants to feel like he corresponds with the world. Most babies start walking when they're about a year old, but Doodle will only...half of the paper...try to improve his handicap. He was willing to teach him to walk, take him to the swamp every day to pick flowers and even push him around with his cart for a long time. Therefore, the goals set for Doodle reflect the conflict the narrator was having. In conclusion, in the text of “The Scarlet Ibis” there are multiple reasons why Doodle strives to achieve the competitive goals and how they reflect the narrator's feelings. First, Doodle feels like he's like his big brother and pushes himself in that direction. Another goal he strives to achieve is to be self-sufficient, he is tired of being thrown everywhere and not being able to be left alone. And you can see the reflection of these goals in the narrator because he is the main one pushing and helping Doodle complete these goals.