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Andy On The Sidewalk Bleeding Analysis
It is difficult to be a young child because of bad influences. The texts that we had read are very similar. They both have almost the same message. If I view the story, on the sidewalk bleeding, at this point Andy is stabbed and it seems it’s because of the jacket he is wearing. He is in a gang called the royals. This is a dangerously known gang. “If he had not been wearing the jacket he would never have been stabbed. The knife had not been plunged in hatred of Andy. The knife hated only the purple jacket” (Hunter 42). Because Andy joined this group he paid with his life. Joining groups or being around bad people influence you one way or the other you can’t avoid it. But sometimes we can’t help but just want to fit in. it is difficult to be

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