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    Newspaper Article: ON THE SIDEWALK BLEEDING By: Cameron Taylor Gang Violence behind Deadly Stabbing in Queens; Police Say. BYLINE Monday March 17th‚ 1991 Last night at approximately 11:30 pm‚ Andy Anderson had become the latest victim of gang violence in the borough of Queens. Andy was stabbed when he darted through a back alley on his way to buy a package of cigarettes at Alfredo’s on the next block. At that exact time‚ he was ambushed and later stabbed by a member of the GUARDIANS

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    “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” Questions Answer these questions in full sentences. 1. How would you describe Andy at the beginning of the story? How have your impressions changed by the end? Provide evidence to support your answer. Andy is a 16 year old teenager‚ who is proud to be a Royal. In the story it states that: ’’Even in his pain‚ there had been some sort of pride in knowing he was a Royal” 2. a. Identify each person who comes into the alley who could help Andy. Explain why

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    TYLER RIGGS SPEECH 12:00PM JULY 17‚ 2014 INTRODUCTION NAME: The Words I would Say by The Sidewalk Prophets WHY: Three years ago I was in a really dark place in life and began to shut out a lot of amazing people that cared about me. One of those amazing people was my best friend Taylor. It was during these times that Taylor and I had began to fight and slowly drift apart. We drifted so far apart that I didn’t even know she moved to California till 3 weeks after the fact. For the next year or

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    The poem where the sidewalk ends is a really intriguing poem that influences its readers to be more optimistic and imaginative in life like a child. The poem can be interpreted in different ways making its meaning dependent on how the reader interprets it. Regardless of this point the poet uses various poetic devices in his poem to effectively get the meaning across. The major poetic devices that made this poem effective were Connotation‚ Imagery and symbolism as well as various sound devices. First

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    Journal Entry: On The Sidewalk Bleeding Never had I thought laying down would bring me such agony. Yet there I was. Back against the cold pavement and excruciating pain tearing through my body. I tried not to think too much about my situation for every thought felt as though the knife was tearing through me once more. Ripping at my flesh. How laughable to be put in such a situation with not a single person in sight. It’s as if I couldn’t find a more convenient place to be stabbed.

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    She glances towards the television. She freezes. Regaining her composure and inhaling a straw of nicotine‚ she walks closer to the television and helplessly falls on her knees. There it was‚ Her avantgarde life‚ Her fifteen minutes. “...a follow up from our top story this morning‚ Sonia Bose embroiled in yet another scandal...how much longer can India’s fashion darling last? The once great show stopper is now more often

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    Evan Hunter author of the story ‚ “One the Sidewalk Bleeding” uses imagery details to develop a dark and gloomy feeling thought the story . At the beginning of the story is set with a gloomy and sad feeling . The author symbolizes objects like rain and blood which gives it a dark and sad feeling . “He lay on the sidewalk with the March rain drilling his jacket and drilling this body and washing away the open wound”(36) . The imagery of the rain washing the blood creates a dark and painful mood

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    Essay Being a part of a gang meant to have pride‚ at least that is what Andy presumes. Andy‚ a member of the Royals‚ a notorious street gang‚ has been stabbed in an alley by a rival gang‚ the Guardians. Despite this act in Evan Hunter’s “On the Sidewalk‚ Bleeding”‚ Andy proves he is not frightened at the thought of death. Instead is only filled with an overwhelming sadness that his life is coming to a short end. Throughout the novel‚ Andy shows himself as a hopeless‚ regretful‚ loving and depressed

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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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    Toronto Star Volume 67-No. 475-Bronx‚ New York Friday‚ February 20‚ 2004 Royal murdered by Guardian By Hiba Ali The Canadian Press Bronx‚ N.Y.—Sixteen year old‚ Andy Finley‚ was brutally murdered yesterday night. This incident took place in a dark alley near Alfredo’s‚ a regular teen hangout. Andy‚ a royal‚ was murdered around 11:30 p.m.‚ and found at midnight by his girlfriend‚ Laura Smith. Andy had been gashed by a knife just below his rib cage. The

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