When Brother leaves Doodle in the rain, it is clear that he is angry that Doodle has failed. Doodle already collapsed in the mud after getting out of the boat, and both boys realize Doodle is not going to run. So Brother's dream of a "regular" brother is dead. Brother walks faster and faster to get out of the storm, which a symbol of the storm that is raging inside Brother for his "failure" in teaching Doodle to run. However, Brother does eventually stop and go back for his brother. He finds Doodle dead with blood running out of his mouth, down his neck and onto the front of his shirt. Doodle resembles the Scarlet Ibis. Then he tries to cover Doodle's body to prevent the rain from cleaning the bloodstains from his brother's body. He realizes his brother tried so hard to survive but has died from exhaustion just like the ibis. So Doodle is not like everyone else; he is more like the beautiful, graceful, bird who tried so hard to survive but in the end could not withstand the pressures placed on him.
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