and arrogant person. Doodles brother thought himself to be good at many things and he also believed that he had the inability to be wrong. He had planned to kill Doodle by smothering Doodle because he didnt want to have a brother who was an invalid person. He only taught Doodle to walk because he was ashamed to have a brother who was a cripple and he didnt want his pride to be hurt. Doodles brothers pride preventing the him to give up when he taught Doodle to walk. He continually teaching Doodle to walk