Which excerpt from “the scarlet ibis” most foreshadows doodle’s death?

a. "it looks tired,” daddy added. “or maybe sick.”

b. doodle’s hands were clasped at his throat, and i had never seen him stand still so long.

c. how many miles it had traveled to die like this, in our yard, beneath the bleeding tree.

d.“dead birds is bad luck,” said aunt nicey, poking her head from the kitchen door. “specially red dead birds! ”

The answer is D

D) "Dead birds is bad luck," said Aunt Nicey, poking her head from the kitchen door. "Specially red dead birds!"

C. How many miles it had traveled to die like this, in our yard, beneath the bleeding tree.

Explanation:

James Hurst's short story "The Scarlet Ibis" tells the story of how a child born with a medical condition dies at he hands of his over achieving older brother who had good intentions but also too self absorbed.

The boy William "Doodle" Armstrong and his brother, addressed as simply Brother were always together, with Brother teaching and helping Doodle in improving himself. But this good intended efforts also led to the death of Doodle. His death seems to be foreshadowed in the case of the red Ibis dying in their yard. The bird had come all the way from some far place, only to fall dead in the yard. The excerpt that most foreshadows Doodle's death is the narrator's words

How many miles it had traveled to die like this, in our yard, beneath the bleeding tree.

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.

her eyes water as she let her go

her mothers hand goes limp

face white and pale

lips blue and stale

she is gone

sadness fills her body

she collapses to her knees

as her mothers disease leaves the girl alone