The only thing Doodle asked of Brother is to not leave him. This happens when Brother cruelly showed Doodle the coffin that was made for Doodle when he was a baby and not expected to live. Brother dared Doodle to touch the coffin, and Doodle was too scared to do it. Doodle stood frozen in the barn looking at the coffin and pleaded to Brother not to leave him there alone.
Because Doodle did everything...
The only thing Doodle asked of Brother is to not leave him. This happens when Brother cruelly showed Doodle the coffin that was made for Doodle when he was a baby and not expected to live. Brother dared Doodle to touch the coffin, and Doodle was too scared to do it. Doodle stood frozen in the barn looking at the coffin and pleaded to Brother not to leave him there alone.
Because Doodle did everything Brother asked him to do, the fact that Brother left Doodle behind during the violent thunderstorm at the end of the story showed Brother’s selfishness and lack of empathy for what Doodle experienced throughout his short life. Doodle learned to walk for Brother, he tried to climb ropes and jump and run through Old Woman’s Swamp to please Brother, but Brother never seemed satisfied with Doodle’s valiant efforts to be “normal” for him.
In the end, Brother, as an adult looking back on his childhood, realized his own guilt and shame in the way he treated Doodle, and it was all due to his pride.
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