In the short story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter, Andy, a sixteen year old member of the Royals gang, was walking down the alley, when he was was stabbed. When a couple walked by Andy they would not help him because he was a Royal, and getting involved with a Royal could get them in serious trouble. Andy’s girlfriend came looking for him and found him lying in the alley, hurt. She brought a police officer to Andy, and he pronounced him dead. Once the officer realized that Andy was a Royal, he was not as helpful as he was before. The idea of someone being different doesn't mean that they should be treated differently applies to Andy because he was stabbed for being a Royal, the couple would not help Andy, and the police officer was not as helpful as before knowing Andy’s background. First, Andy was stabbed because he was a Royal. “That’s for you ,Royal!” (Para. 2) was what Andy heard after he was stabbed. This shows Andy was categorized as a Royal because he was stabbed not for any actions that he had performed, but for wearing his gang’s jacket. To add on, a couple who walked by Andy lying on the ground would not help him because he was a part of the Royals. For example, when the couple walked by Andy in the alley and saw his bright purple Royals jacket, they left him in the rain instead of helping him like they should have. “The boy kept looking at him. He saw the lettering on …show more content…
This relates to Andy because he was wounded for being a part of the Royals. A couple would not call for help and the Police Officer was not as pleasant after finding out he was a Royal. In the short story, “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter, Andy was stabbed due to being in a gang, and people would not help him because of that. Andy could have survived if someone would have helped him. If someone is different, be the person to help them, not to ignore
The creators of this movie used several effective, and often subtle, methods to illustrate the hope found in Andy and his surroundings. Andy was always portrayed as a clean-cut and well-groomed prisoner with his shirt always buttoned and his hair always combed. This self-respect was in great contrast to the other prisoners who were portrayed as dirty, stereotypical prisoners. The common prisoners also had vocabularies and grammar that were far inferior to Andy’s. The distinctions between Andy and the common prisoners showed that Andy was different, those differences were that he had hope.
The narrator mentions how he's telling a story from the past by saying, “As a teen, I could’ve beamed / the crown, walked in w/out / the beat down custom,”. The author is describing to the reader's how he is telling a story from his past as a teen. He mentions how he could of been in the gang but, choose not to, which wasn't normal at that time. The beat down custom is usually what is suppose to happen. He dodged the custom and choose to avoid the gang through the pressure of his cousin “who claimed Two-Six, / the set on the next block decked in black & beige.” (20-22). With all the influence on his block and from his cousin, he never gave in and never wanted any part of any gang. The narrator was strong enough to resist what everyone around him was doing. It's hard to try to not fit in when everyone around you is doing what your not. I can personally say I wouldn't have the power to do myself but would fall into the gang life due to my surroundings. If my cousin and everyone around me was joining a gang and was a norm at the time, I would also do so. The narrator stood up for what he thought was right and ignored the pressure. The narrator wasn't interested in what he described but, “preferred games to gangs, / books to crooks wearing hats crooked to the left or right” (23-25). Luckily the narrator wasn't interested in gangs but was in games and books. This not only
Stereotyping is violent. During the film, when Officer Hansen and Officer Ryan are on duty searching for a particular carjacked vehicle. Ryan decides to stop a black SUV. Inside there is an interracial couple. The whole situation changes as he decides to hold their hands up and put them against the car. The couple, Cameron and Christine, are both convinced and have no choice but to follow the officer’s orders. Within moments, Christine is molested and sexually abused by Officer Ryan as he is searching her. Officer Ryan stops the couple for no reason. The couple is discriminated and handled with such pain and abuse. It is a wrong action. The officers here are not doing their job of assisting, protecting, and regulating people. Rather, in this instance, they abuse these innocent individuals and, most importantly, these officers lost their trust and respect. Stereotyping leads to misjudgments and often influences sexual violence over groups of people.
Introduction:The road to maturity and adulthood can be a long and difficult road for teens, especially when it comes to decision making and changing your view on the world. The popular short story, “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”, written by world-renowned author, Evan Hunter in 1957, displays this perfectly. Hunter uses the protagonist, Andy, to illustrate his development from adolescence into adulthood as he shifts from a state of ignorance to a state of knowledge, from a mindset of idealism to realism and from a selfish personality to a selflessness personality. Hunter expresses the major theme of coming of age through this protagonist character who is seen shifting from a state of adolescence to a more matured state of adulthood throughout the story.
Editor of The Onion, Cole Bolton states, “Confronted with the enduring shadow of slavery and Jim Crow-boom!-, and you simply react,” which is a portrayal of pathos. Using a form of satire, Bolton easily and clearly gets his point across, saying that the cop is treating the black minority unfairly and unequally more so than he would treat any other suspect. He is exemplifying that every policeman that is in a legal situation with a minority automatically switches to the mindset of an authority that would react to this situation a few hundred years ago, poorly and with racist treatment. Policemen nowadays should treat every suspect the same, no matter what the color of their skin is, whether it is black or white. Bolton is stating that cops go to extreme levels when confronted with a minority in a criminal situation and is shown with pathos. Another form of Juvenalian is in the likes of pathos when Bolton states, “You’re face-to-face with racial disparity that dates back to the 17th century.” By saying this, Bolton is describing how the mindset of a policeman changes so quickly from dealing with a white person to dealing with a black person. He is asserting that when in the presence of an African American, the cop must treat them the way that they were treated back in the 17th century when slavery and racist laws were in effect (Bolton). Bolton is using this to his advantage to express his
Through his narrative structure, selection of detail, and manipulation of language, Staples demonstrates his understanding of his presence threatening pedestrians. Discrimination is not uncommon, and, sadly, this distorted world will never be rid of it. However, one should still strive to get to know someone before making assumptions about them, as the old saying goes, “Never judge a book by its cover.”
He had explained to police that women were the natural choice because he had the need to feel dominant. He had stated that he found crime easy to commit because it was what he had done before and Catherine was a crime of opportunity, she had no one to protect her, she was alone and he wanted to commit a crime. He stated that Catherine’s murder and assault was “just an idea that came into my mind, I couldn’t put it aside, it was the perfect opportunity.’ He had weighed his benefits and left with a purpose to kill someone and that night he had wanted it to be a woman, he had told police that “I knew as soon as I saw people turn away from her, I could commit a crime and chances were, I could get away with it” (Schmalleger, 2014, pg.
Everyone at some point is bound to experience situations where they question who they really are. This conflict usually arises as a result of either another’s actions or one’s own actions. In the short story “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”, Andy struggles with his self-identity. Furthermore, the barber in “Just Lather, That’s All”, battles with his abilities and image of himself. Therefore, both the barber and Andy face an inner conflict as a result of their struggle of determining who they genuinely are, which conclusively results in how their future will unfold.
After the long day of hunting Andy decides to go out by herself; while on her trip she finds a doe; this could be Andy becoming self-aware of here situation. At night she sees the doe maimed and seeking refuge; she sticks her hand inside the doe and feels the heart beat; this would be a reflection of her own fight to maintain where she is. The doe walks away which symbolizes that she is going to miss her chance at life if she doesn’t act upon her urges. Andy’s battle within herself was killed when the doe is found.
The warden asked Andy to provide services for him regarding the treating of accounts in a notebook. Owing to the limitation of situation, Andy, the noble man, started to help with the money laundry issues for the Warden, but secretly, he had kept a copy without noticing the Warden, which was the evidence owned by Andy which could be used to negotiate with the Warden.
He creates this tone to convey his purpose to the reader which is that prejudice is still an ongoing problem in American society, and that it will never be a thing of the past. Staples gives many personal anecdotes that are very somber; the readers are affected by this because they can emphasize and feel the prejudice that the victim, Brent Staples, faces. Although Staples is never delighted with the positions he is in, he never shows his resentment. In one part of the article, Staples said, “It is not altogether clear to me how I reached the ripe old age of twenty-two without being conscious of the lethality nighttime pedestrians attributed to me.” (Staples, 2). Staples attributes that he knows many people in American society automatically assume that he is a threat to “their” society because of
The ideal society we would all be considered equal, but reality often defies this idealism. When we think of police officers, we think of people working hard to keep us all safe, but this may not always be the case in today 's society. This is demonstrated in an opinion piece published in the Miami Herald, entitled “Need a ‘big, bad dude’? White criminals need not apply” by Leonard Pitts Jr. The article opens by discussing the shooting of African-American man Terence Crutcher, where the police officer who shot him stated it was due to him not obeying her orders and reaching inside his SUV for a weapon. However, the video of the shooting shows that this did not happen. The article also goes on to discuss other African-Americans shot in recent
In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, a merely intellectually average citizen thought of a highly illegal act that as a reader was very surprising. In the future the government has attempted to make everything equal. This hierarchy of individuals has issued out handicaps to anyone above average in any field. George and Hazel have a normal companionship between two people, they have son who was sent to prison at the age of fourteen. As a news bulletin pops on in the background Hazel suggest to George to brake one of the equality laws. As George declines the suggestion, the T.V. shows their son Harrison who has escaped from prison striping of all of his handicaps, selecting an empress, than get shot by the handicapper general. Hazel and George go on after the incident completely unfazed, as if nothing has ever happened. It's not surprising whatsoever that a ignorant, caring, but yet non fearful character like Hazel suggested to do something that would result in serious penalty, breaking the law.
In the short story, “The Moment Before the Gun Went Off”, written by Nadine Gordimer, many characters are extremely different whether it be from race, class, or gender. Although many of them are left feeling victimized due to an unintended shooting, which leaves this small town in disarray. As a result the community looks down negatively on the apartheid leaders for being racist toward black people. There are many times the narrator leaves us to make assumptions. Due to all of these contributing factors, the narrator can really show all of these scenarios through different lenses. Van der Vyver is the most victimized though, due to an accident in which he is now shamed by the community.
By this, I mean by being different and not having an intellectual disability people who have physical, mental, and sensory disabilities will think that they’re not able to participate in different sporting events that gives them the opportunity to experience what it feels like to have a normal life and as a result they’ll continue to feel different compared to those around them and the same holds true in Collin’s claim that family hierarchies shape gender and race relations in terms of showing how the family your born into can affect the way people are treated or seen as and the things you may be entitled to. Noticing this pattern of not being a part of a certain group because your different than those that are involved or because you’re not born into it suggests that being excluded from the group can cause a person not to entitled to what is being offered and can cause them to endure more