“On the Sidewalk Bleeding” is an elegant tale about a 16 year old boy, named Andy, who had a major part of his life taken up by the gang he was partaking in: “Royals”. The main character goes through a series major emotional and physical pain through the course of a short period of time, stretched through 8 pages. First, he gets stabbed violently by a member of the enemy gang (named “Guardians”) and is left to die in a cold and damp alley. Slowly our protagonist realizes he is dying, and for a reason only because of the label he was given and known as. “He wondered suddenly if the Guardians who had ambushed him and knifed him had ever once realized he was Andy?
This suggests that Andy always saw his Royal title as a means of acceptance and also as armour that protected him and made him feel invincible. However, while lying on
He swapped the money out and put a letter in the folder and put the letter in the safe. There were only two choices Andy had. Those two choices where to sit in prison for the rest of his life for no reason or break out of prison risk the chances of being caught and going back to prison. Andy broke out of the prison and was able to be set free with a new identity and a ton of money. Before escaping, Andy told Ellis about a spot where there was money stashed away and directions to where Andy would be
He wasn’t a royal, he was my son. Just thinking of the way that he died makes everything even harder, Andy died alone in an alleyway, on the ground, bleeding to death. Andy was so young, he had so much left to do in life. To all the parents out there, save your children from gang violence, don’t let them be taken from you in an instant like Andy was from me
The book focuses on a boy named Lucas who wants to find his family after two planes crash into the World Trade Center towers. He initially went to New York to meet with Uncle Benny, a family friend, and talk about his sports and football. Uncle Benny and Lucas' father work as firefighters in the city. Lucas' family decided not to let him compete because the sport was too dangerous. He struggled with the idea.
This quotation gives away a lot of the setting in only one sentence. From this, readers know that Andy is in an alley in the rain and that he his far away from the end of the alley, meaning that no one can hear him call for help, ability to speak or not. Alleys, generally, are thought of as dark, sketchy places one would not want to be in, especially at night, for fear of dangerous people. Furthermore, the fact that Andy is stabbed at night in an alley helps readers relate to Andy on a personal level, because they know that alleys can be dangerous and scary. Also, the fact that it is raining makes the whole scene a little more devastating and dreary.
Andy, a 16 year old gang member in the short story ‘On the sidewalk bleeding’ by Evan Hunter, wanted to just be looked at as a regular 16 year old boy, but instead he gets stab by a guy from another gang. So as he laid down on the floor in a long dark black lonely ally on a raining night, he struggles to call/yell for help because he couldn’t talk or move, than he did by bleeding to death. Hunter describes Andy’s inner struggle to show that some lessons are very difficult to learn. One way Hunter show’s that Andy doesn’t learn a lesson by saying ‘he had fallen to the sidewalk, clutching his stomach, trying to stop the flow of blood’, this mean that he just had got stabbed and he really doesn 't know what 's going on right at the moment.
I don't want to get mixed up in this, Angela.” (Hunter, p. 5). If Andy had not worn the purple jacket, Freddie probably would have saved him since he was visibly worried about him before realizing he was part of a
“You used to think that you were better than anyone else. I have gotten pretty good at seeing that one a man’s face… That look is gone now, and I like that just fine. It is not just that you are a useful vessel, never think that. It is simply that men like you need to learn humility” (King 71). Norton is seeking to cut Andy down and to break his confidence and crush all of his hopes of freedom.
Eventually, Red got out on parole, and it was the hope that Andy brought to Shawshank that kept him going on the outside. In this story, Andy was the most hopeful person in Shawshank, but he was also sensible towards the notion of risk and reward. Despite being a
When andy was first put in Shawshank for a crime he didn't commit, he didn't feel sorry for himself and he did not allow depression to take over. Andy was placed in a situation that presented , the way you go about is the same way a character arc goes. In united three we learned about a character in Shawshank redemption named Andy who is always different because he allows hope to drive his motivation in a place of nothing but despair. When andy was first put in Shawshank for a crime he didn't commit, he didn't feel sorry for himself and he never let anything get to
Someone’s identity not only shapes that individual, but also the friendships one makes. Andy and Red’s contradicting identities draw them towards each other and transform their lives forever through their unique friendship. When it comes to Andy’s identity in the movie he goes through a change, arguably a growth, during his time in prison. When he is first sentenced and brought to the prison, he is very quiet and keeps to himself. Even Red says when he first saw Andy, he did not think much of him.
Andy immediately dedicated himself to programs and activities within the prison upon entry and that is what kept him going in the corrupt prison. Once Andy witnessed that his dedication within the prison was so harshly suppressed, Andy knew it was time to dedicate his life in other areas for “Whatever mistakes [he] made, [he’d] paid for them and then some”.
Instead he lays quietly on the sidewalk trying to not cause anymore pain because he already accepts the fact that he is going to die. In addition, the author shows Andy’s personality trait of acceptance in the text when Andy accepts that he no longer wants to be known as a royal: “It seemed very important to him that he take off the purple jacket.” (Hunter 6). Hunter illustrates
Eventually, Red got out on parole, and it was the hope that Andy brought to Shawshank that kept him going on the outside. In this story, Andy was the most hopeful person in Shawshank, but he was also sensible towards the notion of risk and reward. Despite being a quiet man, Andy would show his hopefulness in what he said as well as what he did. An example of the latter took place when the warden explained to Andy how he is a man who thinks too highly of himself. The warden described how he has observed that Andy, "used to walk around that exercise yard as if it was a living room and [Andy was at] one of those cocktail parties…" (71).
