In the short story “On the sidewalk bleeding‚” by Evan Hunter‚ the author makes us feel sympathy for the main character by using a variety of techniques such as characterisation‚ plot structure and language. The story opens with the main character‚ Andy‚ who has just been stabbed because he is in a gang. . Unfortunately it is too late to change what had happened and as a result the reader feels immense pity for him when he dies. This short story includes the themes of regret and how gang violence
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This Is Where It Ends & The Road Not Taken This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp and The Road not Taken by Robert Frost compare and contrast in many different ways. They show many different themes in which both texts share‚ and both differ from. One way that the two texts are alike is‚ in the book This Is Where It Ends‚ the author illustrates the theme to never give up. This is shown when Tomás and his friend knew that everyone was trapped in the gym but still kept looking for a way to get
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[ Happiness begins where selfishness ends] | "I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. - Martha Washington Ekaterina Paul 10/11/2012 | Oscar Wild presents two conflicts between the stories of "The Selfish Giant" and "The Happy Prince". The two main points is the giant being selfish and the happy prince
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‘On the Sidewalk Bleeding’ by Evan Hunter deals with the important human issue of death‚ Hunter portrays the main character’s (Andy)journey to cope with his soon-to-be death through techniques such as; themes‚ plot‚ word choice and repetition. The base of the plot evolves around a boy called Andy who is stabbed by a rival gang - he is left alone to die as he watches a selection of personalities pass him by‚ and remains unaided. The character himself is important in discussion of how the issue
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concrete of the alley reflecting and assessing his situation. He was at first ignorant to the reality that he was slowly but surely dying‚ yet after reflecting on the choices he made‚ he soon realizes that he is‚ in fact‚ dying. He is now aware of where he is‚ his love for Laura‚ and he decides that he wishes to not die as a Royal. “He could remember how happy he was when the
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your bike or walk from one end of town to the other. You can see kids of all ages roaming about town together. Whether they are riding their bikes to the Little League Field‚ or walking to Benny’s Pizza‚ it seems like it’s a very pedestrian friendly town‚ or is it? Upon closer inspection‚ you can see there is an issue with the sidewalks. If I were able to change something in the town‚ it would be to improve the sidewalks. FIrst‚ in some places in the town‚ sidewalks do not even exist. For example
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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
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Here Lies Just another Royal Have you ever wanted something and then once in your possession‚ it’s not exactly what you pictured it’d be? Andy‚ the main character in Evan Hunter’s On the Side Walk Bleeding‚ experienced this in the worst possible way; he was unsophisticated like a child’s interpretation of the world‚ or naïve if you will‚ about death‚ consciences‚ and self-identity. Sort of like a “curiosity killed the cat” type of way‚ except replace curiosity with acceptance‚ and cat with Andy
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Lifting the Boundaries of Social Control: Where Does it End Michelle Klingenberg Colorado Technical University Author Note This paper was prepared for SOCL120‚ CS33-01‚ taught by Todd Rowe on February 24‚ 2013. Lifting the Boundaries of Social Control: Where Does it End From the beginning of time‚ social deviance has been an issue all over the world. Social control through boundaries sets the parameters of what is right and wrong within a society thereby defining what behaviors are
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In the Story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” the main character‚ Andy‚ is dynamic and round character making him more than just a proper protagonist. What makes Andy such a dynamic and round character is his will to live and his strength to love‚ even though he is going through his own battle. “I don’t want to die‚” he thought “I haven’t lived yet.” (Hunter 7) At the beginning of the story Andy was fixed on the fact that he was a royal. Now Andy begins to realize that living his life to the fullest
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