In “the scarlet ibis,” doodle is best symbolized by the bird, the scarlet ibis, because

both are rare and unusual creatures who are tragically separated from their families.
both are fragile creatures who struggle in their environments before dying tragic deaths.
doodle loved rare and unusual birds that he felt were similar to him in a variety of ways.
doodle saved the fragile bird, much as his brother attempted to save him when he was young.

Read these excerpts. lincoln's "gettysburg address." it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. whitman's "o captain! my captain! ". exult, o shores, and ring, o bells! but i, with mournful tread, walk the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. which rhetorical appeal do both excerpts use? logos: the use of logic to convince the audience pathos: the use of emotional appeals to affect the audience’s feelings brevity: writing or speaking that is short, brief, and to the point ethos: the use of authority to persuade the audience to act the right way