boy lay on the sidewalk bleeding in the rain. He was sixteen years old, and he wore a bright purple jacket, and the lettering across the back of the jacket read THE ROYALS. The boy's name was Andy and the name was delicately scripted in black thread on the front of the jacket, just over the heart. ANDY.. He had been stabbed ten minutes ago. The knife entered just below his rib cage and had been drawn across his body violently, tearing a wide gap in his flesh. He lay on the sidewalk with the March
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According to Statistics Canada, ninety five people died across Canada in 2012 due to gang related homicides. In the short story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter, the protagonist Andy learns how bad choices can affect someone. Also, Andy enjoys being in a gang but he should not put it before his future. The protagonist made choices that were going to haunt him forever. Furthermore, realizing the past self centered teen he had been, Andy tries to care for someone else other than himself for
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In “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” there is a connection to the theme of death. In the beginning of the story, Andy doubts the fact that he is slowly bleeding to death. He immediately began thinking “that was a fierce rumble” and “ the Guardians “ got [him] good that time” and begins to imagine his life with Laura (para. 4) Andy dreams of marrying Laura, his girlfriend, and having a life with her in the future although, he doesn’t know if he’ll last that long. Andy’s assumed identity to the society is
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top right of page 103. I picked this panel because of its use of a bleeding gutter and mildly abstract art which slowed down time. It is a silent panel that generates a sense of timelessness and leaves the reader ingrained in this simple rectangle of art. Because of its lack of speech balloons and context, it leaves an endless amount of room for the reader to use closure and create any story they want to. The use of the bleeding gutter is the main reason I picked this panel. I like that it makes
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our judgements on ourselves and those around us. Some example of texts where writers that explore this theme are, the poem “Bred in South Auckland” by Glen Colquhoun, the poem “Search for my Tongue” by Sujata Bhatt, the short story ‘’On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter and the short story “After you my Dear Alphonse” by Shirley Jackson. These four texts can be separated into two groups. The first group is the way that stereotyping can affect people’s view on their own search for identity in
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idea that was really worth learning about in the short stories, ‘On the Sidewalk Bleeding’ by Evan Hunter and ‘The Sniper’ by Liam O’Flaherty, was about making choices and having to face the consequences for them. This idea was worth learning about as we face the consequences we realize if the choice we made was good or bad and it helps us to learn how to think before we act. The idea of choices in ‘On the Sidewalk Bleeding’ is shown first by Andy’s choice of joining a gang. ‘That was when he’d
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Peace Officer and PC 4573-Bringing a controlled substance into jail. LOCATION DESCRIPTION: This incident occurred on the north sidewalk of Bellevue Drive west of Raymond Avenue. INJURIES: Officer Sailor • Tenderness and swelling to the middle finger on his right hand. Officer Harrell • Pain to the left pinky finger on his left hand. Suspect Mays • Bleeding from inner portion of his mouth. • Dime size abrasion on the left side of his chin. • Once inch abrasion on his left collarbone
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Cookie Hills My cousin, Maddy, can be extremely sensitive sometimes. When she shows that sensitive side of her, she can be really funny. One time she got injured on her leg it kept bleeding and she , and she had to baby it. We got two chairs, one to sit on and one to put her injured leg on. She was crying and her mom was just standing there laughing. Maddy was yelling “Mom why do you hate me, you don’t love me.” So that right there shows you how sensitive she is. Considering the only reason why
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he was lying in the street, bleeding. Sally begins crying and Carl gives her a tissue. So did either of you see the accident. Well not really says the sister. We were looking at the Christmas decorations. If you didn’t see the accident, says Carl, we may not be able to win the case. Somebody needs to be able to say that they saw the accident and that your husband didn’t just step out in front of the car. Its better if the car got him while he was on the sidewalk. Are you sure you didn’t see
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going to go on fire.” I tried opening the door but was unsuccessful. Then I looked at my hands and saw that my fingers had cuts on them that were bleeding. A good Samaritan called Robert helped me out of the car by forcing the door open. I sat on the sidewalk crying. I was in so much pain. The ambulance came within 3 minutes of me sitting on the sidewalk. I called Maikel to let him know what had happened to me. When Maikel arrived he called my
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