"The knowledge that Doodle's and my plans had come to naught was bitter, and that streak of cruelty within me awakened. I ran as fast as I could, leaving him far behind with a wall of rain dividing us." This quote really makes the theme of this short story stand out. There is a wall of rain that divides them, this shows that they don't go together. There is a problem with one of them which makes them part. In this story, it's the older brother. He can't accept the incapabilities of his younger handicapped brother. In this story there are a few different themes like: brotherhood, incapibili…
