In the story, Brother tells us, “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.” In your ow

In the story, Brother tells us, “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.” In your own words, explain what Hurst means by this. Then, describe a time when you didn’t treat a family member as well as you should have. Why do we sometimes treat strangers better than we treat our own loved ones? Explain.