On The Sidewalk Bleeding Symbolism

The Story Of Two Gangs Evan Hunter uses symbols in his story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” to convey the theme of murder can sometimes be prevented by strangers willing to lend a helping hand. If someone is in need of help you should help them even if they are not that good of a person. In the story in “The Sidewalk Bleeding” if someone would have helped Andy he might have survived. Andy was stabbed because of his jacket, the jacket was a gang jacket so someone in a rival gang stabbed him. If Andy didn't have the jacket on he wouldn't have been stabbed and would've stayed alive. In this story "On The Sidewalk Bleeding" I think the author is trying to teach you about violence and how it's not always the answer. Andy is going to get a pack of cigarettes and something happens to him. The mood of this scene is fear because when he said "that's for you royal" the guy is behind him and you know something bad is about to happen. Andy is laying on the ground bleeding out and nobody is helping him. The mood of this scene is Sadness because the guy who is saying "what's the matter does not know he is hurt so he just leaves a couple minutes later. In addition to the mood fear and sadness makes the short story dark. …show more content…
In this scene a rival gang member said this quote "Oh, he's a royal" and they were in an alley when the rival gang member said this. This quote connects with the thesis because Andy is scared at this moment in the story. Andy does not know what's going to happen to him. The person who said this quote "He's dead" was a cop. This took place in a alleyway when it was raining out. This connects with the thesis because Andy was scared because he was dying and he didn't want to die. In the end Andy was laying in the street bleeding out. Laura found Andy and she got a cop the cop checked his pulse and said he was