On the Sidewalk‚ Bleeding- Summarizer Alan Cheng 821 Introduction/Orientation: The story takes place on a rainy March day at 11:30 P.M . Andy‚ a 16 year old‚ cigarette smoker‚ and a member of the gang “The Royals” was stabbed ten minutes ago just below his ribs by a member of the rival gang‚ The Guardians. He is slowly bleeding to death on the sidewalk in a quiet alleyway somewhere in New York. As he is slowly dying‚ he just can not stop thinking about his girlfriend‚ Laura‚ whom
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On The Sidewalk Bleeding-monologue from Andy’s prospective All I feel is the excruciating pain entering my aching body. The irritation and agony makes me feel defenceless. I have a multitude of varied thoughts racing through my confused mind. As I am helplessly laying on the cold‚ wet concrete‚ with the rain drilling down on me‚ I am thinking if this is how I am going to die‚ my life over at the age of just 16. I can think back and faintly remember someone saying‚ “that’s for you royal!”
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Boy Found Dead Covered In Blood on Sidewalk Just yesterday a boy at the age of sixteen was found dead on a sidewalk by the alley downtown. Witnesses tell investigators that his name was Andy. He had been stabbed to death. The knife had entered just below his rib cage and had been drawn violently across his body‚ opening the wound. Due to the immense amount of blood found at the crime scene‚ investigators state that the boy bled to death. Witnesses state that the victim was a member of a gang who
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Jean De La Fontaine once said “Beware- so long as you live of judging men by their outward appearance‚” and this idea is reinforced continually in the short story‚ “on the sidewalk bleeding” written by Evan hunter. The important idea was judgment and how we should not judge a book by it’s cover. I think this idea is worth learning about because too often in society we judge people without knowing them. The author wants to communicate that you should not prejudge somebody for their looks and consider
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Allegory in The Giving Tree The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein is an allegory about unrestricted love. This children’s story begins with a tree and a young boy. The tree provides a place for the boy to play and is happy. However‚ as he grows‚ the boy begins to need more and the tree happily provides everything‚ overtime giving away its leaves‚ apples‚ branches‚ and trunk. In the end‚ all that is left is a stump which provides a seat for the boy who has now grown into an old man. The tree loves
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The story is about a sixteen-year-old boy named Andy who is bleeding to death on the sidewalk after being stabbed below the ribs by a participant of a rival gang. The story takes place in the last minutes of Andy’s life. Andy‚ member of a gang called ’The Royals‚’ shown by the jacket he’s wearing‚in the front of the jacket over his heart it says Andy and at the back it reads ROYAL. He had has just suffered a severe knife wound from a member of a rival gang‚ The Guardians‚ after leaving his girlfriend
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Prejudice and our blind eye towards prejudice within our society are evident factors in the story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter. The main character‚ Andy‚ because of his gang membership‚ is pre judged based on his jacket and not for who he actually is. As a society‚ we do not notice the injustice within our culture. Prejudice‚ an underlying and unseen inequality made the difference between life and death for Andy. Andy could have been saved numerous times from after he was stabbed but
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Shel Silverstein wrote a children’s book that can be perceived through multiple critical lenses‚ from historical to feminist to psychological. In the Giving Tree he uses personification‚ metaphor‚ and allusions to depict the psychological impact of growing up with someone who was different than him but whom he shared a special bond with. Silverstein begins by using personification to describe the tree’s constant giving and dedication. Throughout the life of the tree‚ she ultimately
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Sultan Qaboos University- Language Centre FPEL EEAL0560 Poetry Project File Analysis of “Where Does the Temple Begin. Where does it end?” by Mary Oliver [pic] Name: Eman Amer Salim AL-amri . ID Number:102400. Section: 350 . Submitted to : Nicholas Hilmers. Where Does the Temple Begin‚ Where Does It End? There are things you can’t reach. But you can reach out to them‚ and all day long. The wind‚ the bird flying away. The idea of God. And it can keep you as busy as anything
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the excerpt of Jane Jacob’s The Death and Life of Great American Cities‚ she implies the importance of city streets and sidewalks. Although it is believed that police officers enforce the peace in a city‚ but in reality it is the people’s actions that keep the peace. A city that is classified as unsafe or with high crime rate will most likely not have people occupying the sidewalks at night‚ but a city with plenty of city street users have a safe reputation. When thousands of pedestrians walk through
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