Metaphors In On The Sidewalk Bleeding Essay

Even though something bad happens to you, you should not become secluded and be depressed all of the time. Andy shows the reader that you must "get busy living or get busy dying"(movie) or you will loose your inner freedom.

In order to find his identity he went against his parent’s wishes in attending Columbia, but instead attending Yale. But before he set off for college he went through the legal process of changing his name. To his surprise it was a very mechanical task. His reasoning to the judge for the change “I hate the name Gogol, “he says I’ve always hated it.” “Very well”, the judge says stamping and signing the form, then returning it to the clerk. He is told the notice of the new name must be given to all other agencies, and that it’s his responsibility to notify the Registry of Motor Vehicles, banks, schools” (102). Although the moment in the courtroom was not as momentous as he had imagined, he stepped in there as Gogol Gangouli and left as Nikhil Gangouli in twenty minutes. A moment he waited eighteen years for finally arrived. Now that he is free of his parents and his old name, he can now be confident, especially with women in introducing himself without anticipating unwelcomed questions about his name.

He was folded into the war, he was part of the waste”(153). O'Brien explains how him and his crew wanted to talk about what happened but is was just too hard to wrap their heads around. They all lost someone that was important

The central idea of ‘’Guts” is Gary Paulsen’s life before becoming a famous writer. Some of his ideas for his books are based on his life. In chapter 1 of ‘’Guts’’ Paulsen writes about living in a small prairie town and volunteering to answer emergency calls. Paulsen writes ‘’ We answered calls to highway wrecks,farm accidents, poisonings, gunshot accidents, and many,many heart attacks.’’ I his story ‘’Guts he writes about someone who changes his life forever. This was a man looked directly into his eyes before he had passed away. Like Paulsen said ‘’ His eyes looked into mine’’ That man was used in ‘’Hatchet’’ as the pilot in the plane with Brain.

Oliver explains how she found herself thinking of summer fields and felt like lounging on the sand before the owl’s dark wings opened over her. This symbolizes that before death, one is in temporary bliss until their time has come to an end. Oliver pictures herself free and content, staring into the cities of roses before death comes knocking on her door. This shows that death is an “immobilizing happiness” before it rips you from the world for good.

The main theme of the story “On The Sidewalk Bleeding” is identity. Andy is frustrated at everyone for not giving him a chance of how people identify him. He wants to die known as just Andy, not a member gang of the ‘Royals’. In the line “He was not a Royal. He was simply Andy” tells me that Andy was a person who had dreams like getting married to his girlfriend Laura, having kids and travelling, living in Bronx. But since he’s in a gang and wore a Royal purple jacket with pride, people assumed he was just another gang member. They didn’t realise Andy was a regular guy wanting to live a normal life. When Andy joined the ‘Royals’ he felt so proud and accepted, little did he know in the end it would be that main reason that cost his life.

Human beings have full control over their identities after they have received knowledge and have become shaped from external stimuli. These stimuli include the teaching process of humans which comes through tradition, schooling, and the actions of other humans and the influence of the organisms around them. Andrew Solomon, through “Son,” was able to use his experience of growing up and labeling himself as a gay dyslexic to show how his environment and knowledge had shaped his identity and how it was viewed by others with different identities. In “An Elephant Crackup,” Charles Siebert was able to explain how the other organisms or humans are able to form new identities for elephants over time by shaping them a new environment and having the elephants process it. In “Mind’s Eye,” Oliver Sacks had different case studies of blindness from different people and was able to show how each one experienced their blindness help shape and express their individual identities. The stimuli that becomes processed by a person in the situations, accounts, and studies of these works assist in the role of explaining the formulation of an identity.

So I am going to introduce about some interesting symbols that I found in the book to write about. First of all, George and Lennie's dream farm. This imaginary farm is basically what pushes the whole story line since the whole story is about George and Lennie working while achieving their dream which is

This book was different than other literature that had been produced, because Duran was able to get closer and inspect the deeper characteristics of gang life and gang members themselves. This is something that other researchers in the field are typically not able to accomplish. He took on the perspective of investigating what role racial oppression had with the development of gangs. His perspective and his ex-gang membership background allowed him to be more trusted by all the gang members that he interviewed for this research.

Along in with the author’s use of metaphors is the frequent use of imagery. In this reading, it is simple to envision the scenes as the different scenarios are explained and the audience can easily picture Staples in the places he is describing and also the people he comes across. Perhaps the most powerful and memorable imagery is provided in the author’s description of people’s different reactions and faces when they come into contact with him. Actions speak volumes and an immediate change of facial expression is possibly one of the

2. How is Andy dealing with the tragedy? Do you agree or disagree with his method of coping?

development of the plot. It comes down to the point where a self-respected-man like himself

Andy Catlett’s identity was lost as his hand was separated from him. He struggle to adapt to his new hand, “His right hand had been the one with which he reached out to the world and attached himself to it. When he lost his hand, he lost his hold” (Berry 23). He feels disconnected from everything and all he could do is remember how things use to be with his hand. He remembers working and being able to do anything he wanted, however now he struggles to connect with anyone even his wife. In various parts of the book is difficult to realize if he is remembering something or if he is discussing about his life now. Berry uses natural events to describe attitudes and feelings, “Time and their lives flowed over them, like swift water over stones, rubbing them together, grinding off their edges, making them fit together” (Berry 29). This blurs the boundaries

The way this short story was written how life was back in the 60’s. The author paints the picture by imagery or symbols, and irony so one can have a better understanding of the story. Images or symbols is a great way to imagine what the author is trying to describe in the passage. It is very important to have it gives us the reader what the character's perspective what it's thinking,

desire to retire and spend his days with Goneril and Regan do not work out as he