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
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Boy Found Dead in Alley Lying in a pool of his own blood ‚ 16 year old Andy Ritchie was found in an alley near Alfredo’s convenience store‚ March 12‚ around 12am. He was found stabbed right under his rib cage and died from blood loss. The Police Officer on the case said that he was “A Royal” and that he was probably involved in a rumble with another gang preferably “The Guardians”. Fred Smith said he saw Andy in the alley that night. Mr.Smith informed me that when he found him he was “so drunk
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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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A young teenager‚ who was a member of a gang group entitled The Royals‚ was stabbed to death last night at around 11:30pm in an alley. This boy was announced dead at one past midnight by a cop; however the exact time of death has not been recorded. Sadly‚ he was found with only a knife cut below his rib cage and nothing else. Fortunately‚ the officials have spilled some information of who might be the suspects. They have come to the conclusion that it must have been some of the members of another
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Short Story Analysis of ‘the pedestrian’ & ‘on the sidewalk bleeding’ In the stories ‘the pedestrian’ and ‘on the sidewalk bleeding’‚ there are in common on conflict and different on the setting. Both story are person against society conflict. ‘on the sidewalk bleeding’ is a short story by American author Evan Hunter. The Pedestrian is a though provoking story and it makes the reader consider what the future may be like and how the reader can act to change it. Mr.Mead and Andy have a common conflict
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A must read for any New Yorker or for those with a taste for the deeper and darker parts of urban history. Anbinder does a spectacular job in vividly portraying the Five Points neighborhood of lower Manhattan‚ now the heart of Chinatown. The story is told by individual accounts of the residents and their experiences in the filthy‚ back alley slum filled with wretchedly poor European immigrants‚ as well as Chinese‚ who lived in densely packed tenements sandwiched among dance halls‚ gambling joints
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L02B- Procedure and Rationale for Bleeding First Aid Procedure Rationale for the procedure Put pressure on the wound Pressure is applied on the wound so that the blood flow slows down and eventually stops the bleeding. This is important because it will help you to lose less blood and the body will resume the normal circulation faster. It will also help the wound to become scabbed which means that the platelets in the blood become clotted to stop the bleeding. For example if Colin got a severe
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debated the what the actual climax of the play could be. The many points in which Hamlet ’s internal battle to ascertain himself into a position of determination in avenging his father ’s death befuddle Shakespeare’s audience. There are numerous points which could be asserted as the true climax‚ but which can be considered ultimately veritable? “That is the question.” We must ask ourselves this when assessing the claimed climax ’s authenticity. Websters dictionary defines a climax as (1) the turning point
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1.The meaning of climax and anticlimax The Greek word climax means “ladder”; the Latin gradatio means “ascent‚ climbing up”. In climax we deal with strings of synonyms or at least semantically related words belonging to the same thematic group.[4‚ p. 155] According to Efimov L. P.‚ climax (or Gradation) – is the figure of unequality‚ which consists in arranging the utterance so that each subsequent component of it increases significance‚ importance or emotional tension of narration.[1‚ p. 69]
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Climax and resolution are related because the climax is the turning point so whatever happens in the climax will change what happens in the resolution. For instance in The Sniper‚ sniper 1 kills sniper2‚ if he didn’t kill him then we wouldn’t of found out that its actually his brother and there wouldn’t be a good suspenseful ending. Therefore climax and resolution are related. Suspense and setting are very much related because the setting can lead to suspense‚ like when Rainsford was in the woods
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