On the Sidewalk Bleeding by Evan Hunter

An Unlikely Sympathy Although one may be affiliated with a certain classification, sect, or group, in the end, no matter who someone is, human lives are all of equal importance. In On the Sidewalk Bleeding, a short story by Evan Hunter, Hunter uses a variety literary devices to give the reader a feeling of compassion for the protagonist. The story is about a young boy who is also a “Royals” gang member, Andy. Andy is lying in a dark, rainy alley after being stabbed by an opposing gang. He is hopeless

Bleeding out Murder usually happens because people can't accept others. However, in the short story, “On The Sidewalk Bleeding”, if at least one person would have considered helping Andy and not turn their backs on him. He would have lived. “On the sidewalk” Bleeding was written by Evan Hunter. Evan hunter's lesson of the story is self-identity, this is the main theme of the story because it is built around why Andy was stabbed. Andy was stabbed because he was wearing a purple jacket

choices you make and how you grow up. The four text I studied are a short story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” written by Evan Hunter, a novel “The Hunger Games” by Susan Collins, a film “Remember the Titans” directed by Jerry Bruckheimer and lyrics composed by Cat Stevens. These four texts express the theme of “how surroundings can influence your choices when growing up” In the short story ‘On the Sidewalk Bleeding’, the character Andy displays the theme of “how surroundings can influence your choices

short story On the Sidewalk Bleeding by Evan Hunter, both have a similar theme of Identity and gangs. Freedom Writers is a film about a newly beginning teacher who starts her career teaching at risk teenagers living in a racially divided community. The kids slowly put faith into Mrs Gruell and Mrs Gruell brings them hope for their future. This film targets an audience whom may be experiencing a divided community or who may be involved in gangs themselves. On the Sidewalk Bleeding is a short story about

the story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter, the theme of titles are not as important as they seem is conveyed by literary elements of flashback and symbolism. Flashback is one literary element that plays a considerable role in the making of “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”. While Andy was on the pavement with his life slowly seeping out of him, he awakened the old feeling of great bliss from a new title, a new jacket. “He could remember when the Royals had taken him”(Hunter 6). This is a fantastic

On The Sidewalk Bleeding Essay When you come close to death you think about many things, who would fill your job? Where would your dog go? Most importantly, you would probably think about your family. In this short story, a character named Andy, gets stabbed in the middle of an alley. In the short story, On The Sidewalk Bleeding, the author, Evan Hunter describes how it would feel to be dying alone in a cold, dark alleyway. Andy is walking to the store, when suddenly, he gets

in forms of literature. Some of these valuable life teachings can be taught by the experiences found in “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter, “Kath and Mouse” by Janet McNaughton and “Coffee, Snacks and Worms” by Karleen Bradford. To begin, readers can learn that the decisions they make can have a negative effect on your life from the character Andy in “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”. Furthermore, the choices you make can alter your identity in an unfavourable way. As Andy is laying in the alley

The Thoughts of a boy "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" Why is it that when you are in the stages of death, the world seems to become different? It is the same concept as grieving. Somebody who is grieving is known to go through multiple stages that change their perception of the world. For instance, a woman who is grieving might distance herself from the instance and attempt to continue her life. Although the man whom she was grieving for may have thought that he did not want her to think of him in this

to engage teenagers by molding and creating characters that he or she can relate to. Correspondingly, Evan Hunter’s “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” introduces the protagonist Andy, who experiences characteristic growth through the coming of age. Throughout Hunter’s story, Andy is put forth to portray the development of transforming from

On The Sidewalk, Bleeding Gang violence is something that needs to be put to an end, and also people really needs to realize how foolish and waste of time it is. I like this text because although I’m not sure if it’s based on a true story, it has so much emotion and meaning behind it. I 100% agree with the author on this text because many times does this happen to young teenagers losing their lives way to early due to gang violence. The purpose of the text was to show young men and women that staying