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…
the jacket then. THE ROYALS. He turned to Angela. ‘He’s a Royal.’ He said. ‘Let’s….what… do you want to do, Freddie? ‘I don’t know. I don’t know I don’t want to get mixed up in this. He’s a Royal. We help him, and the Guardians’ll be down our necks. I don’t want to get mixed up in this, Angela.” (Para. 61, 62, 63 and 64). This direct quote shows that Angela and Freddie did not want to help Andy because they were afraid of what the Guardians would do to them. In addition to the couple not wanting to help Andy because of the Guardians, they did not want to help because he was a Royal. This is true because Freddie said to Angela “He’s a Royal” (Para. 62). This shows that they did not want to help because they had saw that he was a Royal and they were frightened of the Royals because they were a gang. Lastly the Police Officer was not as helpful after he found out Andy was a Royal. “The cop picked up his jacket and turned it over in his hands. ‘A Royal, huh?’ He said. She looked at the cop and, very quietly, she said, ‘His name is Andy.’ The cop slung the jacket over his arm. He took out his black pad, and he flipped it open to a blank page. ‘A Royal,’ he said. Then he began writing” (Para. 92, 93, 94, 95 and 96). This is true because the Officer felt the need to categorize Andy as a Royal. He also felt he needed to say he was Royal out loud, which states that the Officer was taking note that Andy was a part of the the Royals. Furthermore, Since Andy was a part of a gang, he probably did terrible things that the Police would know about. The Police knew about the gang well enough where an Officer did not want to help a hurt member just because he was in the gang. On the other hand, some can argue that the Officer never actually said he was not going to help Andy because he was a Royal, so how would we know that’s what he meant? The Officer would not have asked if Andy was a Royal if it was not going to affect him in the future. For example if someone was a part of a book club and was in this situation, the Police Officer would not have said,” They were in a book club, huh?” However, the Officer did take note of him being in the Royals so that would affect how much he helped Andy. To conclude, just because someone is different does not mean they should be treated differently.
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
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Andy goes to psychologist, Dr. Carrothers, to discuss his depression about Rob's death. He does not think he needs to be there because he is fine in school and he is fine at home. Andy talks about why the accident is his fault. He realizes he needs help with his depression and wants to come back for another visit to discuss what is going...
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.”
It is clear that sometimes Andy abused his powers to do what he thought was right and this was based solely off of Andy’s opinion. We see that he lived with regret for the mistakes he made and but in the end, he is still a superhero. The way this superhero story is told is different than most superhero stories, but the thing to take away from this is that a superhero is someone that has the intentions to save the world. Superheroes sometimes make mistakes and do action not based on the best efforts, but that doesn’t change who they are. They are still a superhero. In this story, Andy had good intentions, but sometimes his opinion wasn’t the same as the people around
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.
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.
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
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.
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
If an individual is familiar with their surrounding “they are more likely to help” (Altruism and Helping Behavior. Print). In the essay, the authors state “the scene of the crime, the streets, in middle class society “represents all the vulgar and perilous in life” (Milgram, Stanley, and Paul Hollander. Paralyzed Witnesses: The Murder They Heard. Print.). In society, the streets, especially at night, represents the dangerous and negative sides of society due to the crimes and chaos that occur on the streets (gangs, drive-by shootings, robberies, murders, large crowds walking, etc.). The crimes and dangers of the streets cause many people to fear being on the streets alone which leads to external conflicts. When the murder was occurring, the witnesses’ attitudes of the streets prevented them from calling the police due to the fear of the streets and since the witnesses were middle-class, they believed that Genovese was poor, a criminal, or someone who has nothing else to do and was expecting for the=is to eventually
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.
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
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.
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
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.