Which excerpt from “the scarlet ibis” most foreshadows that the narrator will feel regret for something he has done to doodle? but sometimes (like right now), as i sit in the cool, green-draped parlor, the grindstone begins to turn, and time with all its changes is ground away—and i remember doodle. doodle was my brother and he was going to cling to me forever, no matter what i did, so i dragged him across the burning cotton field to share with him the only beauty i knew, old woman swamp. there is within me (and with sadness i have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction, and at times i was mean to doodle. once i had succeeded in teaching doodle to walk, i began to believe in my own infallibility and i prepared a terrific development program for him, unknown to mama and daddy, of course.

How does this quotation add credibility to freedman'sstatement that the immigrant voyages were not pleasant? read edward corsi's quotation from the book immigrantkids by russell freedman. edward corsi, who later became united statescommissioner of immigration, was a ten-year-old italianimmigrant when he sailed into new york harbor in 1907: the officers of the ship went striding up and downthe decks shouting orders and directions and drivingthe immigrants before them. scowling and gesturing, they pushed and pulled the passengers, herding usinto separate groups as though we were animals. afew moments later we came to our dock, and thelong journey was over. o it is from an actual immigrant who experienced roughtreatment by the ship's workers. it is from an actual sailor who herded the immigrants likeanimals on the decks. it is from an actual writer who wrote about a fictionalfamily immigrating to the united states. it is from an actual historian who studied the immigrationexperience at ellis island.