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I don’t acquire a very solid text- to- text connection to “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”. My reasoning as to why I don’t acquire a solid connection is because the genre of books I regularly read is relatable as not very many of the books I read are from the tragedy category. The text-to-text connection that I did make was when Andy talked about marrying Laura one day, as it brought me back to the “Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. In this novel, the foil of the “Hunger Games”, Peeta was brutally wounded by his allies, to after which he was found by Katniss, the protagonist. Katniss took Peeta into a cave and aided him as best as she could, to which Peeta confessed his love for Katniss and wished he helped Katniss earlier in their village (district). In addition, Peeta also kept thinking about how he one day wanted to tie the knot with Katniss and start a …show more content…
It was fall of 2012 and my brother Siraj had newly learned how to drive; as he was on his way to work, he got into an accident. Siraj had called our parents and we hurried over. Around the time of this accident which I would say was nine a.m., folks on our street would be doing their yoga. Therefore, when my parents and I arrived to the scene of the accident all the people doing their yoga, stopped doing their yoga were adjoining Siraj, but not helping him or calling 911. My brother Saif, who had later come to support, had heard some folks saying that they desired to help but were fearful of potential trouble or involvement of the police. The reason I related this event in my life to “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” was because Freddie left Andy alone due to the fear of potential trouble for himself. The folks in my neighborhood didn’t want to help Siraj because they were again, fearful of potential trouble and having to be involved with the police
I don’t acquire a very solid text- to- text connection to “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”. My reasoning as to why I don’t acquire a solid connection is because the genre of books I regularly read is relatable as not very many of the books I read are from the tragedy category. The text-to-text connection that I did make was when Andy talked about marrying Laura one day, as it brought me back to the “Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. In this novel, the foil of the “Hunger Games”, Peeta was brutally wounded by his allies, to after which he was found by Katniss, the protagonist. Katniss took Peeta into a cave and aided him as best as she could, to which Peeta confessed his love for Katniss and wished he helped Katniss earlier in their village (district). In addition, Peeta also kept thinking about how he one day wanted to tie the knot with Katniss and start a …show more content…
It was fall of 2012 and my brother Siraj had newly learned how to drive; as he was on his way to work, he got into an accident. Siraj had called our parents and we hurried over. Around the time of this accident which I would say was nine a.m., folks on our street would be doing their yoga. Therefore, when my parents and I arrived to the scene of the accident all the people doing their yoga, stopped doing their yoga were adjoining Siraj, but not helping him or calling 911. My brother Saif, who had later come to support, had heard some folks saying that they desired to help but were fearful of potential trouble or involvement of the police. The reason I related this event in my life to “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” was because Freddie left Andy alone due to the fear of potential trouble for himself. The folks in my neighborhood didn’t want to help Siraj because they were again, fearful of potential trouble and having to be involved with the police