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“The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst
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Red (scarlet)color symbolism
• Red can symbolize many things from blood to love to infatuation.
• Basically red symbolizes strong emotions rather than intellectual ideas.
• For example, red can symbolize excitement, energy, speed, strength, danger, passion, and aggression.
• Red, the color of blood and fire, represents life and vitality. Red is also looked upon as a sensual color, and can be associated with man's most profound urges and impulses.
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Background
• The story is set in the American South. Its climax takes place in 1918, the year World War I ended.
• You’ll find references to battles being fought far away from its peaceful southern setting.
• Why do you suppose the author chose this setting?
Physical setting: American South in 1918
Historical setting: end of WWI
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Meet the author, James Hurst• Hurst was born on a farm in coastal
North Carolina in 1922. After studying at North Carolina State College, he served in the army during World War II.
• “People always suffer,” Hurst said, “when others try to make them over in their own image.”
United States soldiers fire a machine gun in Belleau Wood, France, in June 1918.
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Point of view: the narrator’s position
in relation to the story being told
• First person point of view• Told in flashback: a scene set in
time earlier than the main story
• What quote shows you the age of the narrator before the flashback?
• What is the narrator’s name? Why?
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Magnolia, ironweed, purple phlox
Oriole Frangipani, “graveyard flower”
Clove, “clove of seasons”
Grinding stone
Palmetto fronds
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Images, symbols, figurative languageRed flowering gum tree
Red Nightshade
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Allusion
• reference to literature, film, religion (especially the Bible), art, mythology or history
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Allusions in the story
• Belleau Woods-WWI battle sites
• Hansel and Gretel-“It was too late to turn back, for we had both wandered too far into a net of expectations and had left no crumbs behind.”
• “If we produced anything less than the Resurrection, [Aunt Nicey] was going to be disappointed.”
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