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…showed last 75 words of 430 total…handicapped the rest of "her" life. As a result, Doodle may have never died. As you can see, I strongly believe the story would have been greatly altered if Doodle was a girl. The brotherly bond was a nessacary and vital part in the story. If Doodle was a girl the bond with narrator and the outcome of the story would have contrasted greatly. Death probably would have been prevented if Doodle was a girl.