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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Andy‚ Walter‚ and Kevin are characters that learn various lessons. Andy regrets joining the Royals since it caused his death. His story represents the aftermath of choosing the wrong decisions and joining dangerous gangs. At first‚ Andy is proud of joining the Royals. He had fun at parties‚ with his friend‚ and enjoyed rumbles. After he is stabbed‚ he lays on the cold concrete of the alley reflecting and assessing his situation. He was at first ignorant to the reality that he was slowly but surely
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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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Boy Found Dead in Alley Lying in a pool of his own blood ‚ 16 year old Andy Ritchie was found in an alley near Alfredo’s convenience store‚ March 12‚ around 12am. He was found stabbed right under his rib cage and died from blood loss. The Police Officer on the case said that he was “A Royal” and that he was probably involved in a rumble with another gang preferably “The Guardians”. Fred Smith said he saw Andy in the alley that night. Mr.Smith informed me that when he found him he was “so drunk
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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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In the Story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” the main character‚ Andy‚ is dynamic and round character making him more than just a proper protagonist. What makes Andy such a dynamic and round character is his will to live and his strength to love‚ even though he is going through his own battle. “I don’t want to die‚” he thought “I haven’t lived yet.” (Hunter 7) At the beginning of the story Andy was fixed on the fact that he was a royal. Now Andy begins to realize that living his life to the fullest
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The story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter was about the cultural differences within a city. Andy was one of the two gangs in the city and he was killed due to the hatred between both gangs. Andy focused on people and the jacket for survival as they had a symbolic meaning to him. The people had a symbolic meaning‚ as they were his only hope. They were stages of his life‚ as the first person who met him was the drunk. The drunk represents him when he first joined the royals‚ where he was
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A young teenager‚ who was a member of a gang group entitled The Royals‚ was stabbed to death last night at around 11:30pm in an alley. This boy was announced dead at one past midnight by a cop; however the exact time of death has not been recorded. Sadly‚ he was found with only a knife cut below his rib cage and nothing else. Fortunately‚ the officials have spilled some information of who might be the suspects. They have come to the conclusion that it must have been some of the members of another
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two very different ways. One of those ways is because it holds sentimental value. When I was younger I learned to read very late in life and I was always so embarrassed of that. My father knew that I was struggling and bought me the book‚ Where the Sidewalk Ends. It is a book full of poems and little pictures written by Shel Silverstein. I remember opening the book to ta random page‚ and it was the page with this poem. I then remember my dad asking me to read it to him. I was so uncomfortable‚ even
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finds out the jacket will do more harm than good. On page 199 it says “there had been some sort of pride knowing he was a Royal. Now there was no pride at all.” He thought he ruled the world‚ but suddenly realized how pathetic he was lying on the sidewalk. He realized the hatred he received because of the jacket‚ which ultimately led to his demise. When he was lying there bleeding to death; he knew the man who stabbed
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