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  2. The Scarlet Ibis - Wikipedia

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    "The Scarlet Ibis" is a short story written by James Hurst. [1] It was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in July 1960 [ 2 ] and won the "Atlantic First" award. [ 3 ] The story has become a classic of American literature , and has been frequently republished in high school anthologies and other collections.

  3. Bluebeard's Egg - Wikipedia

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    "Scarlet Ibis" – While on vacation in the Caribbean, a family takes a day trip to Caroni Swamp to see the rare scarlet ibis. The story explores the motivations and effects of human engagement with nature. [3] "Loulou;" or, "The Domestic Life of the Language" – This story explores the topic of a woman being exploited by men.

  4. James Hurst - Wikipedia

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    James Hurst (1922–2013), author of "The Scarlet Ibis" James Hurst (politician) (1880–1964), Tasmanian politician James Hurst (footballer) (born 1992), English footballer

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  6. Scarlet ibis - Wikipedia

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    The scarlet ibis, sometimes called red ibis (Eudocimus ruber), is a species of ibis in the bird family Threskiornithidae. It inhabits tropical South America and part of the Caribbean . In form, it resembles most of the other twenty-seven extant species of ibis, but its remarkably brilliant scarlet coloration makes it unmistakable.

  7. Ibis - Wikipedia

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    The short story "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst uses the red bird as foreshadowing for a character's death and as the primary symbol. The African sacred ibis is the unit symbol of the Israeli Special Forces unit known as Unit 212 or Maglan (Hebrew מגלן). According to Josephus, Moses used the ibis to help him defeat the Ethiopians. [34]

  8. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The Huffington Post

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    Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...

  9. Eudocimus - Wikipedia

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    Range of American white ibis (pale blue), scarlet ibis (orange), both (brown) Eudocimus is a genus of ibises , wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae . They occur in the warmer parts of the New World with representatives from the southern United States south through Central America , the West Indies , and South America .