On the side walk bleeding by Evan Hunter is a story of a boy’s mistake of joining a gang. A boy called Andy that is 16 years old joined a gang called the royals. There are many risks in beings in this gang‚ including “The Guardians”. The reason for his death. Andy was stabbed. He was stabbed because he was a part of this gang. This short story gives a deep and sad response to me because of how young this boy who just died was. “The jacket was a stupid meaningless thing that was robbing him of his
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Being alone affects you in many ways. Sometimes it’s good to be by yourself‚ and other times you need people in your life to help you. There are similarities and differences in the way the characters view being alone. First‚ in the poem‚ “The Sidewalk Racer‚” by Lillian Morrison‚ the author addresses the meaning of being alone by being the one and only single engine human automobile. She compares herself as being the driver and the wheel. The author is telling us that being alone is fun. This
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Bite down gently but firmly on the gauze packs that have been placed over the surgical areas‚ making sure that they remain in place. Do not change them for the first hour unless‚ the bleeding is not being controlled. If active bleeding persists after one hour‚ place enough new gauze to obtain pressure over the surgical site for an additional 30-60 minutes. The gauze may be changed as necessary and may be dampened and/or fluffed for more comfortable positioning Exercise Care Do not disturb the surgical
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Bleeding Kansas Before the Civil War‚ the territory of Kansas was unsettled as a slave state or a free state. This caused a conflict over who should settle this territory‚ right before the Civil War. This conflict was also called “Bleeding Kansas”. Later on‚ popular sovereignty‚ played a key role before the Civil War. The Kansas Territory became the center of attention in the battle between North and South over expanding slavery into the territories. Those southerners who voted for the Kansas-Nebraska
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Sidewalks and Gangs Even though being too friendly isn’t always good‚ because fear is within the community with the gangs and turf wars because of people being territorial‚ and walking on side walks. Unfamiliar people in new places can cause neighbors to become suspicious and worried that someone new is coming into their community. In The Uses of Sidewalks by Jane Jacobs‚ argues “a gang appropriates as its territory certain streets or housing projects or parkers‚ often a combination of the three
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he would have had a chance. I just got so caught up about those sluts all over Gary‚ I honestly forgot about Andy. I was concerned about my brother and the problems that would arouse with his girlfriend‚ while my boyfriend was lying in an alley‚ bleeding to death‚ fighting for life. Some girlfriend I was. What the h^$% is this world coming to? Someone must have seen him. Someone must have walked past and noticed the puddle of blood surrounding him. Is there no decency to help a guy out? Apparently
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Poetry Commentary In the poem “Where the Sidewalk Ends”‚ which poetic techniques does the poet Shel Silverstein use to make the work so moving? The poem “Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein signifies the passage of life. The poet uses a sidewalk as an extended metaphor to describe the dark and dreary ways of life. The end of the sidewalk is supposed to represent heaven or the end of the passage. His purpose is to teach the reader about the steady pace in which one walks towards his or
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English 1113 5 November 2013 Word Count: 718 The Sidewalk Never Ends “Let us make a pair of pants for the poor old hippopotamus‚ to cover his hide – once we decide exactly how big his bottomus.” This short‚ humorous poem from Where the Sidewalk Ends is one of the many unique and entertaining works of Shel Silverstein‚ a poet‚ author‚ artist and musician. As a child‚ I grew up reading books by Silverstein‚ including A Light in the Attic and The Giving Tree. I was excited to set out to find information
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Bleeding Kansas also took part in causing the Civil War. Bleeding Kansas was a war between the anti-slavery and pro-slavery activists. It took place between 1855 to 1861 (Ponce). Missouri was a slave state and Kansas had not yet decided to be pro-slavery or anti-slavery‚ and because the two sections did not agree with each other‚ that caused a war. “Yet the violence that broke out in the 1850s was an unintended consequence of the territory’s organization” (Ponce). President Franklin Pierce signed
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An important idea in “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter was that of the importance of having your own identity. Andy‚ the central character of this short story taught me a valuable lesson as to the significance of this. He also made me aware of the fact that we need to think things through thoroughly rather than making impulsive decisions. Andy was a sixteen year old boy who ‘wore a purple jacket’; the lettering on the back of the jacket read ‘The Royals‚’ a name which he was proud to own
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