On the sidewalk
"To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable", claimed the U.S psychoanalyst Erich Fromm. "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" by Evan Hunter demonstrated Erich Fromm's idea clearly. When the main character, Andy realized that he was dying because of his "Royal" membership, he realized that he missed a lot of meaningful things in life. First, he realized that his entire plan with Laura burst like a fragile bubble, because he was dying. Second, he was going to miss all the ordinary things in the world, because of his purple jacket. Third, he knew people would not remember him for who he was in life, but as a Royal. Andy did not get ambushed because he was Andy, but because he was a Royal. "That's for you, Royal!" the Unknown guardian yelled. He was stabbed because he was in one of the bigger gang, not because he was Andy. As he lied there on the cold pavement, the first thing he thought was Laura. "He thought of her face, the brown eyes and the jet-black hair... Someday he would marry her, and they would have a lot of kids." (p. 1) But as the Couple Freddie and Angela went by, he
As he lay there in the rain, realizing that he was dying. He understood that there were other things he was going to fall short off; he was going to miss big and more important things in the world. As he lay there, all the things he did for the gang seemed to be so diminutive and trite. He "wondered why the rumbles and the jumps and the purple jacket had always seemed so important before." (p. 5) He suddenly saw things he did not yet have a chance to do. "He felt all at once as if he had never done anything, never seen anything, never been anywhere." (p. 5) He felt that he should have spent his life doing things that could have had more meaning. Andy also knew that he should have looked over his action more carefully. He knew that his gang life was not important at all; all the honor, glory, title were useless as he lay there dying. But it was too late, he was going to die, he was going to die without any significant accomplishments. The main character, Andy died because he was a Royal. What was ironic was despite of his effort, he still end up because classified as a royal by the police. But I think when Andy knew that he was going to d
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