"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 realized that he might be dying. "He wondered if he would ever kiss Laura again, it was then that he wondered if he was dying." (p. 3) When the couple left, he realized that he was dying and "he knew he was going to die now." (p.5) Andy knew that his plans and wishes that involved Laura were gone. Andy realized that he was going to miss the love that he could have had. He was going to die, and there was nothing he can do stop it. His love turned into to dust, lost and finished.
             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 d
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