On The Sidewalk Bleeding Andy

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Strangers passing by could mean they want to help or they could hurt you. Andy is laying on the sidewalk bleeding and is being passed by many strangers but none helped. Evan Hunter is the author for "On the Sidewalk Bleeding”. Andy was stabbed for being apart of the gang the Royals and strangers were passing by him but not helping him. They were not helping him because they seen that he had a Royals jacket on so if they helped him he thought the other gang qthe Guardians would be after them. While Andy is on the sidewalk bleeding he is thinking about his girlfriend Laura and how he will miss her and she will miss him. Evan Hunter uses mood/tone in his story of "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" to convey the theme of murder usually leads to misery …show more content…

One of the things Andy thinks about is his loved one like his girlfriend. The quote that shows that is "He thought of her face, the brown eyes, the black hair." This connects to my thesis because the mood of this scene is sadness because Andy starts to realize that he is bleeding out and thinks about everything he is gonna miss in his life. Now Andy starts to think about what he wants to be remembered by. A quote that shows this is "If he died, he was Andy. He was not a Royal." Andy feels like he will only be be remembered by his gang name and not his real name. Everyone one knows who the royals are but if they say it was Andy that died and didn't mention that he was a royal people would care about it much more. As the people were passing by they saw his royal jacket and didn't want to help him. The tone of the the ending of the story is regretful because Andy was innocent and simply trying to go to the store, buy something, then come back to his girlfriend at a school dance. Andy felt bad because he didn't want to leave Laura like that, he wanted to stay with her for as long as he …show more content…

People are scared to help him because they think once they tell the cops the guardians will find them and hurt them. "He‟s a Royal. We help him, and the Guardians will be after us." Whenever one of the strangers think about helping Andy they see the royals then rethink about actually helping him. Another reason the strangers wouldn't want to help him is because they think the guardians will found out and be after them. The couple doesn't want to get involved with the gangs because they think they might get killed getting involve with the gangs. Andy tried his hardest not to be remembered as a royal but as soon as the cop seen Andy's royal jacket the cop immediately wrote this. "He took out his black pad. He opened it to a blank page. “! Royal,” he said." Even though Laura was telling the cop Andy's name it seemed like he was just ignoring her and writing down royal. Andy tried with all his effort to not to remembered as just a royal. Andy cared about this so much he tried to take his royal jacket off while he was bleeding so this caused him a lot of pain from doing

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