Blog 6: The Scarelet Ibis

The Southern family [Doodle and "Brother" are a part of] believes in superstitions. Upon Doodle's birth, Aunt Nicey thinks the boy is holy because he was born in a caul, "Jesus's nightgown." Additionally, the mother of both boys does not think it will rain because she hadn't heard the call of a "rain frog." What other superstitions are shared in the story? How do you think they affect the developments in plot? Can you think of other superstitions you believe/ have heard others believe?

Other superstitions is the Aunt Nicey says, "Dead birds is bad luck, 'Specially red dead birds". They affect the stories plot by enhancing it and making it more interesting.  In the book I am reading, They Cage the Animals at Night, in the beginning the little boy, Jennings, kept jumping over the cracks in the sidewalk because he was scared that it would break his mother's back.