Symbols In On The Sidewalk Bleeding, By Evan Hunter

From the beginning of the story, Hunter sets the scene up and there is already a feeling of sympathy for Andy, the boy lying on the ground with the “wide gap in his flesh.”(Hunter 1), and the “rain drilling his jacket and drilling his body”(Hunter 1). The author is using very descriptive language in these two sentences to create a very horrific, but realistic sight in the reader's mind, inevitably building up a feeling of sadness for Andy. Towards the middle of the story, Andy still remains lying in the pouring rain with intense pain and Hunter describes Andy’s body as feeling “hot all over,”(5). This portrays very vivid image and feeling that the author intentionally creates in the reader. By using powerful imagery, the reader pictures and experiences a more realistic and moving image, creating lots of

In 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.

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 stabbed in an alleyway. This happens all because of the jacket he is wearing. Evan Hunter used symbolism in his story, "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" to convey the theme of not judging a book by its cover.

The prominence of a few themes - amputation, fate and death - create the catharsis required in a tragedy, mainly incidents which “arousing] pity and fear,” (definition). The repetition of these eerie and morbid themes keep them at the forefront of a reader’s mind, and put them in an uneasy emotional state, leading to a sense of catharsis at the end of the long, marathon novel. One main motif through the novel is that of amputation, and armlessness, which come to symbolize loss, helplessness, and the way in which sometimes one’s hands are bound, at the will of something greater. For example, after Owen accidentally kills John’s mother, he borrows John’s stuffed armadillo, a prized playing toy, and returns it without its claws, rendering it “USELESS TO JohN QUOTE,” which Owen means to signify “QUOTE ABOUT IM AM GODS MESSENGER.” This theme is touched upon many more times, and becomes somewhat of an obsession for Owen, who repeatedly removes or adds arms to female figures, including John’s deceased mother’s dressmaker’s dummy, a large catholic stature of a saint, which he desecrates. In irony, or perhaps a fate Owen had foreseen, the novel concludes with Owen losing his arms, protecting a group of Vietnamese children, in his last act of heroism. In addition to the theme of amputation, the theme of fate, and predestiny from God, is woven throughout, particularly perpetuated by Owen, who sees himself as God’s instrument. Owen consistently reminds John of the certainty of fate, and is angered when John does not share his blind faith. Owen believed “there were no accidents; there was a reason for that baseball - just as there was a reason for Owen being small, and a reason for his voice. In Owen's opinion, he had INTERRUPTED AN ANGEL, he had DISTURBED AN ANGEL AT WORK, he had UPSET THE SCHEME OF THINGS (page 102).” Is it Owen’s blind

World War I, commonly known as the Great War, played a crucial role in constructing Canada's international representation, as well as shaping the Canadian identity. However, the majority of the aboriginal soldiers who contributed significantly to the Great War came home unrecognized. In his novel Three Day Road, author Joseph Boyden employs a variety of symbols to recount the horrifying experiences of two aboriginal soldiers in the killing fields of Ypres and Somme. One of the major recurring symbols is the windigo in aboriginal culture, which is described as people who commit cannibalism and turn into beasts, and have an unfulfillable hunger for human flesh. The symbol of windigo functions as the representative for malicious subconsciousness, hypostatization of moral depravities related to war, and revelation of

In the short story “The Possibility Of Evil” by Shirley Jackson the author uses several symbols to tell a story one of the symbols are Miss Strangeworth’s roses because it symbolizes her family and her life. She doesn’t give any of her beautiful roses away because they are so special to her. Her family has taken care of them for one hundred years. Another Symbol is the street’s name which is named “The Pleasant Street” it symbolizes the way she wants people in the town to be. She wants people to not be evil according to her. Another important symbol are her letters that symbolizes her duty to inform people about the things that are going on in a very negative and anonymous way. By using all these symbols, Shirley Jackson achieved to make this

The First Part Last is a interesting tale. The book is littered with symbols and treasure to look for. What symbols are in The First Part Last? How can they affect the story? What is the main idea/symbol in the book?

There is a bible proverb that states, "In everything you do, put God first…" In laymen's term, is as we are on our journey of life, we should carry the message of God in all that we do. In the story "A Good Man in Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor, it is about a family on a trip from Georgia to Florida for a vacation and the troubles they run into on the road. One of the characters is the Grandmother. She is a god-fearing woman, in her own way, but is miss guided in her religious ways. Another character is the Misfit, he is an escaped convict on the run from the law. He is trying to make is way to Florida, when he runs into the Grandmother and her family. The Grandmother and the Misfit are "two side of the same coin"; they are both seeking

A fence is a barrier enclosing an area of ground to mark a boundary. In August Wilson’s playwright fences, he establishes a metaphorical connection to each character with a fence against them. The fences were made to keep out old secrets and fear that could slip through the cracks. In the play, Troy has a fence up because of the pain his dad hurt him. Troy has been hurt and still has anger and pain deep inside him.

Aylmer conveys his manipulative and controlling character when he lies to Georgiana about the risks involved in performing the operation. When Georgiana agrees to the operation, Aylmer assures her the birthmark can be removed when he tells her, “I have spent much thought on the subject… I am sure it can be removed “. Shortly after, while waiting for Aylmer in the laboratory, Georgiana reads through some of Aylmer’s notebooks and can not help but notice the numerous failed experiments he has performed. The numerous failed experiments symbolize Aylmer’s false image of being a great scientist. At this point, Georgiana has an idea that Aylmer is hiding the real risks of the experiment from her, so she heads into Aylmer’s experimenting room where she finds that he is, “nervous and pale as death as he worked on preparing a liquid”. Later Aylmer proclaims, “I have already given you chemicals powerful enough to change your entire physical system. Only one thing remains to be tried and if that fails, we are ruined!”. At this moment, it is transparent that Aylmer has no regard for Georgiana’s well-being and risks her life for his sake of feeling like a superior scientist. When Aylmer lies to Georgiana this symbolizes his desire to have a reputation is greater than his love for her.

Scaffold- The scaffold is a place where most of the important scenes in the Scarlet Letter take place. It was placed under Boston’s earliest church and was made of wood and iron. The scaffold is a place of shame and punishment for anyone in the community that commits a sin. It is the most public place in the Puritan society and used for torture of the sinners as they walk up the steps and stand there for hours at a time. In the beginning it is where Hester is placed to be publically humiliated in front of the people of Boston. She stood with Pearl while she was judged and singled out for her sin of adultery. This was part of her punishment, along with having to wear a scarlet letter “A” on her chest

Watching the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard it really brought forth an emotional, dramatic feel that made you dying to know whats next. The feelings brought through scene by scene were everywhere like mixed emotions with both of the main characters along with a spin chilling ending. Looking at the camera angles made the viewer and the character feel inferior. Along with the feeling that you had to have eyes in the back of your head due to some characters that were shady and had know idea what they were capable of. This film also put out a lot of feelings and emotions that you didn’t see coming ,along with the understanding of the implicit shots and editing, the hidden symbols show in the key moments of the film, the accuracy of the time era

Violence can cause serious injuries or death. In addition the story Andy gets punished for being part of a gang. The story is called "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" and the author is Evan Hunter. After Andy is stabbed people saw him in the alley and left him. He thinks about how he could die and his girlfriend.

of how difficult The Ceremony is for the Handmaids. In other words, they allow the Handmaids to take out their anger from their own rape that occurs during the Ceremony. The killing of rapists is justified as it is found as a law in Deuteronomy 22:23-29. During the novel Offred mentions a tattoo that she was given “…the small tattoo on my ankle. Four digits with an eye, a passport in reverse.

1) Both Mariam and Elizabeth are strong minded characters who like to get their point across. Both had mothers who made impacts on their life. While Elizabeth’s was trying to marry all her daughters before the father passed, Mariam’s is strict and bitter who commits suicide. Both characters want attention when talking to others. Mariam and Elizabeth are smart and thoughtful.