Evan Hunter On The Sidewalk Bleeding Analysis
The story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter was about the cultural differences within a city. Andy was one of the two gangs in the city and he was killed due to the hatred between both gangs. Andy focused on people and the jacket for survival as they had a symbolic meaning to him. The people had a symbolic meaning, as they were his only hope. They were stages of his life, as the first person who met him was the drunk. The drunk represents him when he first joined the royals, where he was ignorant of the killing between the gangs and decided that if he joined they won’t kill him. The couple was the second to meet him but decided not to help. This represents the time he started dating Laura and how when she didn’t want him to leave
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The jacket used to be something he felt was valuable when he was ignorant. Closely followed by how he wears his jacket on so they remember who he is. Then it signals regret as he takes it off in the rain as he is slowly dying. The jacket represents his ignorance in wearing out in the middle of the night where he is most likely to be killed. Where it is described as “It was 11:13 p.m., He had left the jump to get a package of cigarettes. He had told her he would be back in a few minutes” and it was near that moment when he got stabbed. His carelessness was when he didn’t listen to Laura and didn’t even think about his own life due to the jacket. His pride is when he thinks he won’t be attacked out in the middle of the night in the alley where no one could spot him. He continued to wear the jacket as if no one would care if he did. That is when they stabbed him and stated this “He had heard the voice saying, 'That's for you Royal! " signifying his pride in how he wore the jacket and lost his life because of it. The regret is when he thinks back to his past and current life on how he joined the royals and stayed with them and he remembers who he used to be before the jacket as stated by this “He lay struggling with the shiny wet jacket. His arms were heavy. Pain ripped fire across his body whenever he moved. But he squirmed and fought and twisted until one arm was free and then the other. He rolled away from the jacket and lay quite still, breathing heavily, listening to the sound of his breathing and the sounds of the rain and thinking: Rain is sweet, I'm
The jacket used to be something he felt was valuable when he was ignorant. Closely followed by how he wears his jacket on so they remember who he is. Then it signals regret as he takes it off in the rain as he is slowly dying. The jacket represents his ignorance in wearing out in the middle of the night where he is most likely to be killed. Where it is described as “It was 11:13 p.m., He had left the jump to get a package of cigarettes. He had told her he would be back in a few minutes” and it was near that moment when he got stabbed. His carelessness was when he didn’t listen to Laura and didn’t even think about his own life due to the jacket. His pride is when he thinks he won’t be attacked out in the middle of the night in the alley where no one could spot him. He continued to wear the jacket as if no one would care if he did. That is when they stabbed him and stated this “He had heard the voice saying, 'That's for you Royal! " signifying his pride in how he wore the jacket and lost his life because of it. The regret is when he thinks back to his past and current life on how he joined the royals and stayed with them and he remembers who he used to be before the jacket as stated by this “He lay struggling with the shiny wet jacket. His arms were heavy. Pain ripped fire across his body whenever he moved. But he squirmed and fought and twisted until one arm was free and then the other. He rolled away from the jacket and lay quite still, breathing heavily, listening to the sound of his breathing and the sounds of the rain and thinking: Rain is sweet, I'm