Question

What characteristics of the scarlet ibis are emphasized in lines 298–306?

Answer 1

Answer:

That summer, the summer of 1918, was blighted. In May and June there was no rain and the crops withered, curled up, then died under the thirsty sun" (349). ... The transition from summer, a joyful time, to the dying autumn reflects the mood transition from happy to mournful after Doodle's death.