Andy decides that if he was a Royal that really meant nothing. Andy then release himself from the pain and takes of the jacket. In as much as pain as he was in I could not believe that he successfully removed the jacket before he died. From the pain, he rolled over a couple feet struggled to get the jacket off then rolled back one foot and died then and their. I would try have the guts to go through all that pain to remove the jacket so that I was just ***. Mainly he decided that if he died he want to be know as Andy not a Royal. The jacket got his life, if he wasn’t wearing that he would live.
I learned that even if you don’t want to who you are but pretend to be who you are not, it is in your hands for your future. Depending on the cot paid. In Andy’s case, he want to be a Royal so bad he wore that jacket. He died cause that is who he want to be but how do we know that he wanted to be something else. Many things can and will change if you do a different type of teaching, learning, living, loving, anything. You carry your life, if you want to be who you want to be just make sure you don’t get hurt. Even killed.
This can relate to my life, because my mom always tells me storied that we live in a perfect world. One day we go a call to the house, it was aunt. She was calling to say that her son was just killed from being a nerd/ jock in school. People thought thatyou can’t two things at on time. A week later everyone was saying how the football team was getting accused of killing him. Later that week though most of the football team got killed. My mother says it is just a story but, I know it is not. I know that my uncle (he was about my age) would be going to this school today right by my side on everything. He never is. I can tell you something, He is here we just don’t know it.
Andy’s thought process in the beginning was that he was thinking about how bad of a fight he just had was. “That was a fierce rumble.” Is what Andy said. Then he was thinking about Laura. He was wondering if she would be mad at him. He had told her that he would be back in a few minutes, and then he had gone downstairs and found the candy store closed. Is what he was saying in his mind. Thats when two people came and weren't really helpful. Andy knew that he had to take off the jacket, if it was the last thing he did, that would have to be it. Then at the end the cop just recognized Andy as a "Royal" That was Andy's thought process, thats what he decide with his life.
What I learned from Andy's experience was don't be a part of any gang. Being in a gang and showing that your part of it can change your life, dramatically. Don't wear clothing that labels you as something because you life can be taken in less than a minute. If you want to be part of a gang, just don't wear or do anything to tell others that your part of the "enemy". Thats what I learned from Andy's experience.
Yes I can relate this to my life, how? Well this is a text to world thing. Sometime last year, I went to my friends house for her birthday. When we were walking down to the store we noticed something; A picture and some flowers. We went up to it and it was the spot that some guy had died. There was writing on the picture telling what had happened. This guy was in a gang and he decided that he didn't want to be in it anymore, and the rest of the gang didn't trust him not tell anyone so they just killed him. He had a wife and two kids. Thats how I can relate to "On The Sidewalk Bleeding"
#705 Andy came into the story as a strong, new gang member with no worries because he was a “ROYAL”. He believed the name could protect him, little did he know that a knife would soon be taking life from him because of that name. I think that over the story he learned that he could be called a royal till all the blood rush out of him yet it meant nothing compared to the way he felt as his life grew distant. He didn’t think that the knife was going threw him as much as they meant for it to kill the jacket. He could have lived if the “Royals” were not a part of him or his life. The way this could be related to my life is by proving that the names people call me that hurtful things that are said mean nothing compared to my life that I wake up everyday for. I have always said life will end when it’s time but now I think I should never think about the end because life is still at the start and why loss it anytime soon. Andy’s life story just from where we read from show that he was a good person but when the bad got to him he was lost and that is how I feel about myself. You always have a chance to be a good person but once you are not you can’t take back what is done. The conclusion he makes about his life is that life is too short for small stuff to end it sooner. I think he also believed that he could have lived if the “ROYAL” didn’t show who he is instead of Andy. He knew why he was dying and how he could have resolved it ,but it was too late. Never forget how much life can mean to you and know to live for the day and don’t think about the end. Andy’s life meant more than the jacket yet he died for it. What does that prove about the people in the “Royals”?
1. Andy’s thought proses in the story was that in the beginning of the story he was all proud that he was a Royal and thought about how he had moved his way up and is now in one of the 2 biggest gangs. But when he is walking down the alley and gets knifed he realizes how the person who killed him only thought about how he was a Royal and nothing else and Andy wanted to change that. While he is dying he takes off the jacket “It seemed very important to take off the jacket.” When the cops did find him he doesn’t want to be want to be judged because he is Royal he wants to be just Andy. But when the cop comes he starts his police report with “A Royal.” So in the end Andy didn’t want to be a royal he just wanted to be Andy.
2. What i learned from Andy's experiences is that you should never do something because it is cool or makes you fit in. If you make that choice just to fit in it will backfire on you and you wont want to be that again but there is no way of getting out of it. So I learned to take the path that you want to take not the one that makes you cool or you fit in.
3.I cant really relate this story to my life because I haven’t really taken a path I haven’t wanted to go on. I have always choice which way I wanted to go and I went with it. I a haven’t ever looked back to what I would be like if i took another path. So I guess I have made a good choice of which path I have taken
712 Andy’s thought process was pretty strait forward in the beginning because Andy thought he knew himself very well. Well Andy was wrong, once he got stabbed he turned all of his thoughts into a big bunch and he didn’t know what to think. He was mostly thinking about his girlfriend and why anyone would want to do something like that to him. It wasn't him it was the jacket that he was wearing.his emotions stared spinning because all of the things he had done in his life were starting to get to him. I learned that you should never take anything fr granite because it could flash right before your eyes and poof it could all be gone You could lose all the great things that are in your life. Most of all the loved ones that stand next to you will all be gone to. I could some what relate this to my life because I like to fit in,but I don’t feel that I would want to fit in enough that I would get myself killed because of it. There are consequences for fitting in. I would not know this though, because I do not always fit in.
714. I think Andys thought was "why wont anyone help me." Andy was probable if people are walking by and they will not help me little less call the cops. If I got beat up again and no one is there and I am hurt really bad what will they do.He tells himself that if he was never wearin the jaket he would've never got stabbed. he also thought the purpl jacket was a meaningless jacket, that was rbbin him from his life. This story relates tomy life because almost every night we hear people fighting in my alley some times even gun shots. Also, my neihborhood is has unpleasent adults that yell at little kids for nothing.
Blogger 214 Andy’s thought process in the story is that he doesn't know that he is going to die just because he say that the cut isn’t that big and that he will not die in the cold rain. But close to the end of the story Andy knows that he is going to die alone in the rain and no body is going to help him because he is a Royal and that the guardians will find out that Andy had help from people that walk by him and see if he is o.k or needs help to get to the hospital. What I learned from Andy’s experience is that Andy was in a gang but that he was stabbed below his rib cage and torn a big wound in his flesh. And that it would have you killed if you are in a gang and was ambushed by four other gang members and stabbed in the alley and left to bleed and die in a alley alone in the rain and you can’t scream for help because your mouth was filled with blood and you couldn't move because the pain hurts every move you make and you would lie there scared that you are going to die at a young age. I can relate this to my life because someone in my family died when I was born and I was not told how he died because I never Knew him well and I never got to see him because he died before I could get old enough to be able to see him. I only saw pictures of him when he was alive. Also my uncle died because of heart problems and I went to his funeral and I started to cry because I loved my uncle so much that I never wanted him to die because a heart failure. I never want my other uncle to die because he is in the war and I want to be able to see him alive and not hurt or missing a leg or arm in a big explosion that went off next to him.My uncle is in the worst part of the war in Afghanistan trying t find one guy who hired a plane to crash into the world trading center back in 9-11.
710 What does it mean to belong? To belong it means that you do all that you can to fit in. It means that you do what people want you to do just so that they will like you. It means that no matter who it will effect you do it because you wanna feel cool. To belong you must ware what everybody else does and act how they do to. You don't act like your own person you are being who people tell you to. Why is it important to fit in? To most people its important to fit in because they don’t wanna be made fun of or bullyed. They try not to get in the way of people that don’t like who they are a threat to them. They try to dress how everybody dresses because it will make them fit in. Nobody want to stand out and be there own person anymore because they are to scared of what people will think of them. Explain Andy’s thought process. What conclusions does he make about his life? How can this be related to your life?At first he wondered if Laura would be angry, he wondered if she was dancing, if she missed him yet, if she thought he was not coming back. He thought of her face “ brown eyes and jet black hair.” Would he marry Laura someday, have lots of kids, move to a clean project in the Bronx or even Staten Island. Andy came to the conclusion that his life was over at only 16, his life was over. He thought that somebody would help him or maybe call the cops.This can be related to my life by the people by all the people that have been effected around me because of gangs. What did you learn from Andy’s experience? I learned many things from hearing Andy’s story. One of the most important tings i learned was that no matter how people act or dress or who the belong to you can’t judge them just for that. An just because somebody wares something you don’t like or believes in something that you don’t you don’t know that person. An therefor you have no right to judge them or think about them in a different way. Everybody is in tilted to doing what they want to having their own freedom. In my opion Andy was killed for the wrong resin. Andy was killed because he wore a purple jacket that said Royal. That to me is the most radicals reason to get killed. Also Freddie and Angela didn’t help him just because he had a jacked that said Royal. Also i learned that no matter how much somebody is your enemy you should steal be willing to help them out when they are in need. An so that is what i learned form Andy’s experience.
Dear 717, I do like your paragraphs but you could have put more details into the second paragraph. I like how you put in an example. I thought it is a good idea. Plus I just saw one yesterday on my home from the bus stop. Instead it was covered in flowers and you could hardly even see the name. I can tell that, that person was loved very much and still is loved. 703
711 Andy’s thought process is how he’s going to die. What Andy decides about his life is that he’s dieing. “I love you, too, Freddie,” the girl said, and Andy listened and thought: I love you Laura. Laura, I think maybe I’m dieing. Laura, this is stupid but I think maybe I’m dieing. Laura, I think I’m dieing. What I learned from Andy's experience is don't get involved in a gang. Most teen boy’s are in a gang. “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 on our necks.I don't want to get mixed up in this, Angela.” No I can not relate to this. No one that I know has gotten killed in a gang fight. I know a few people who are in a gang.
Dear blogger 705, I really liked how you put things into perspective like when you say "never forget how much lifer means to you." That is one of the most important thingsIi have gotten from this whole story. From, 710
I think Andy’s thought process was why wont anyone help me, am I dyeing. I can relate to the story because one of my family members gets into fight with people in gangs and comes home when he was living with me. when he would come home he would look pretty bad and beaten up. sometimes when I saw him I though to my self is he going to be okay or is something bad going to happen and he dyes. I can also relate to the story because i seen a gang fight in my alley. Its not the best thing to see. Can you relate to the story? Well this is how i can relate to the story. These are the only ways i can relate to the story. I hope you can relate to and see how Andy feels and what hes going through.
706 Andy’s thought process changed a lot from the beginning of the story to the end. First he starts thinking that he is like a superman that can’t be hurt because he belongs to a gang. After he gets stabbed, and he is bleeding bad, he still thinks that he wont die. He said to himself that people got in rumbles all the time, and nothing bad happened to them. Andy then starts realizing that its not him that people don’t wanna help, its his jacket! He even asked himself if they had stabbed him or the jacket? As he laid there bleeding to death he knew that he had thrown his life away. It wasn’t worth it at all to die just because of a stupid gang.
From Andy’s experience, I learned that life is too short and we need to take smarter choices in it. We never know what can happen to us and were all not superheros. Andy decided to join a gang and put on a jacket with the name of the gang on it. He then soon got killed because of that. If he wouldn’t of made that choice, he would of still been alive. Andy’s story impacted me a lot because I know I can’t be hanging around those kinds of people. Who knows what they could do with their lifes or if they would ever hurt me.
I can relate to this because I had an uncle who made poor choices and was shot three times. Lucky for him, he didn’t die but as he laid at the hospital, he knew that he had ruined his life. He used to belong to a gang but now he learned a very valuable lesson, just like Andy. I don’t really like talking about this, but its something that I can relate to the story with.
Dear blogger 705 I really like how you put that " Andy is not afraid of anything, and that he is a Royal." I also liked how you described that andy would get a knife torn through his flesh and that he would die in minutes 704
Dear 716, Tahnk you. I lie how in your paragraph you say that you chose the right path. From the way you say that I am guessing that you are confident of what you think and don't care of what others think. I really like how you said "should never do something because it is cool or makes you git in." I would say that if Andy dosen't want to be in the Royals then he shouldn't be. This also connects with blogger 717.
719 Andy’s thought process was, he knew he had gotten stabbed but refused to let himself know that he was dyeing. In the one part of the story Andy had thought, “That was a fierce rumble, they got me good that time”, But the thought if him dying never came up. As he kept thinking he finally started to realize that he was. Andy’s next conclusions about his life were, he was Andy. He was not just a Royal he was just Andy. “Had they stabbed him, Andy, or had they only stabbed the jacket and the tittle and what good was the tittle if you were dying?”, Andy had thought. I think that his thought process changed very much when he finally discovered that he was dying because then everything that had happened with him and gangs just floated right out of his mind. Another way that his thought process changed was when he was laying there and he squirmed even though it hurt him just to take his Royal’s jacket off. What I learned from Andy’s Experience was to never really let gangs and other things take over your life because your you not just the name of a gang, you’re you and you don’t have a tittle about who you are or what you do. Also from this story I have learned to not ever let like gangs or anything get into or control your whole life. A couple other things that I learned is how hard it would be if that were to happen. Also like how hard it would be to get any help. I can not relate Andy’s Experience to my life, because no one in my family is in gangs or has had any history like seeing someone like that.
Dear blogger 716 I found your blog to be very mind blowing when it come down to details from the story it was truly amazing how you focused on the way the cop thought of him when he found him. I feel like you my have had a connection with this story either just how you feel about it or knowing how it feels to be judged by the people you're with.
715 Andy’s thought process changes dramatically through out the whole story.At first he thought he wasn’t hurt very badly when the story said ‘’He lay on the sidewalk, bleeding, and he thought only: that was a fierce rumble”. This demonstrates how at first he thinks of it as just a fierce fight. When Andy says “ wait, please I’m bleeding’’ shows how he knows he is hurt badly and that he needs help. Towards the end of story Andy thinks of dying, and in his thought he says “I think maybe I’m dying’’. This quote shows how Andy’s fears kick in and how he changes his thought about the “fierce rumble’’. at the beginning Andy walks down the street then gets stabbed. After that he lay on the sidewalk in sobbing pain waiting for someone to help him. At the end the thoughts of dying go through his head. He dies in the end and Laura con not cry. This is a big way I think Andy changes his thought process through out this story. I think I learned about gangs and emotions that you go through when something goes wrong. I learned how ridiculous gangs are and how they can get you in big trouble. I also learned how you think of what you’ve done and how you should have change it then when you can’t change it you always end up hurt or filled with regret. I can’t relate to Andy because I’m not into gangs.I can relate to how he got hurt when all those thoughts of getting hurt start to run through your mind and you cant think straight. When I was little my cousin had broke my leg. I remember the excruciating pain I went through and how I would think I was going to die.
Dear blogger 716, I like how you were honest when saying that you cant really relate to the story because not all people have bin through things like this From, 710
Dear Everyone, I know we all have our own option of this story. We are mainly all correct from our points of view. Many people say that a gang is stupid or retarted or dumb. Not only sometimes can it get you killed but it can get the one you love killed.
To 703 from 711 i think you did a good job on your paragraphs but there is one thing that was spelt wrong. in this sentence "From the pain, he rolled over a couple feet struggled to get the jacket off then rolled back one foot and died then and their" you used the wrong their.
Dear #703, I disagree with you on the beginning of what you wrote. When Andy joined the gang, it was because he felt good about being in made him think that he couldn't die.
Blogger 704 Andy’s thought process in the story is that he doesn't know that he is going to die just because he say that the cut isn’t that big and that he will not die in the cold rain. But close to the end of the story Andy knows that he is going to die alone in the rain and no body is going to help him because he is a Royal and that the guardians will find out that Andy had help from people that walk by him and see if he is o.k or needs help to get to the hospital. What I learned from Andy’s experience is that Andy was in a gang but that he was stabbed below his rib cage and torn a big wound in his flesh. And that it would have you killed if you are in a gang and was ambushed by four other gang members and stabbed in the alley and left to bleed and die in a alley alone in the rain and you can’t scream for help because your mouth was filled with blood and you couldn't move because the pain hurts every move you make and you would lie there scared that you are going to die at a young age. I can relate this to my life because someone in my family died when I was born and I was not told how he died because I never Knew him well and I never got to see him because he died before I could get old enough to be able to see him. I only saw pictures of him when he was alive. Also my uncle died because of heart problems and I went to his funeral and I started to cry because I loved my uncle so much that I never wanted him to die because a heart failure. I never want my other uncle to die because he is in the war and I want to be able to see him alive and not hurt or missing a leg or arm in a big explosion that went off next to him.My uncle is in the worst part of the war in Afghanistan.
709 1.I think he felt like he had to fit in or be cool because he thought he had to belong with a group of people. he most likely would have done what ever it takes to be with that group. he probably tryed to get with that group because we want to be or feel normal.We all want to act tuff or cool because other people. In the end we should just be our self because non of that stuff really matters because when you try to get in one of those groups you might just be doing things that will get you in trouble. I think andy decides that he does not want to be a royal at the end because no one respects him and no one cares about him because he is a royal and people judged him for it.So I think he does not want to be known as a royal while he is still living , so he takes the jacket of.
2. I learned that I should not judge just because some one looks mean or weird because they may be a nice person . I also think we should help one another out even if we think we may be in trouble.I also learned that people should be more friendly because if some person walked by you and saw you bleeding to death and really did not care that would suck.
3.I can sort of relate this to my life because when ever I am skating people are always looking at me like i am a freak or they act like I am a bad kid.some times I fell like stupid because I act or dress like a skater.
715 to 705 I like how you started of with Details of Andy and how you said little did he know that a knife would soon be taking life from him. It is a good way to say that Andy was clueless.
Andy’s thought process in the story is that he doesn't know that he is going to die just because he say that the cut isn’t that big and that he will not die in the cold rain. But close to the end of the story Andy knows that he is going to die alone in the rain and no body is going to help him because he is a Royal and that the guardians will find out that Andy had help from people that walk by him and see if he is o.k or needs help to get to the hospital. What I learned from Andy’s experience is that Andy was in a gang but that he was stabbed below his rib cage and torn a big wound in his flesh. And that it would have you killed if you are in a gang and was ambushed by four other gang members and stabbed in the alley and left to bleed and die in a alley alone in the rain and you can’t scream for help because your mouth was filled with blood and you couldn't move because the pain hurts every move you make and you would lie there scared that you are going to die at a young age. I can relate this to my life because someone in my family died when I was born and I was not told how he died because I never Knew him well and I never got to see him because he died before I could get old enough to be able to see him. I only saw pictures of him when he was alive. Also my uncle died because of heart problems and I went to his funeral and I started to cry because I loved my uncle so much that I never wanted him to die because a heart failure. I never want my other uncle to die because he is in the war and I want to be able to see him alive and not hurt or missing a leg or arm in a big explosion that went off next to him.My uncle is in the worst part of the war in Afghanistan.704
#701 At first, Andy believes he just lost a rumble with one of his enemies, but believes he will get the best of them the next time they bump into each other again. He was then worried if his girlfriend, Laura, would be angry with him for being late coming home. After a few moments, he believes he hears faint music, and thinks Laura is possibly dancing. Thinking of Laura eased the pain a little. He imagines marrying her, and having kids with her, moving to a different place, rather than where they are now. He hears a couple and hears them kiss, and he wants to be with Laura again. After wondering if he would ever see Laura again, he realizes he is dying. He thinks it’s a stupid idea, him dying after a small cut from a “rumble”, but he doesn’t deny it either. The boy of the couple, Freddie, sees Andy, but doesn’t think helping him would be a good idea. It would make the Guardians mad if he helped a Royal. Once the couple has run off, Andy thinks they’re stupid to be afraid of the Guardians. He begins to feel tired, weak, alone and cold. He knew he was dying then, and so he did. Andy was just labelled as a “Royal” and it does not feel too awesome to be labelled. Some people, like Andy, can’t stand to be labelled. That’s what killed Andy, though, a silly label on a piece of clothing. A label can do a lot of damage, and that is what I now know for sure. I can’t relate this to my life, but I can relate this to a movie I have seen, West Side Story. In West Side Story, these two young teenage gangs disagree on one thing, and one thing only; their skin color. The Sharks are the Puerto Ricans and The Jetts are the Americans, and the only thing that will prove who is better, in their eyes, is a rumble. After arranging the rumble, they all meet up and start their battle. Long story made short, the leaders of each group are killed, and they are left with no idea of who is “better” than the other. It is a very tragic remake of Romeo and Juliet.
715 to 709 I like how you put specific details in your writing and your opinions on what you thought Andy would do. You have a few capitalization mistakes but over all its good.
When Andy was laying there alone helpless he saw his life flash before his eyes. His thought process was regretful. He never got to do things he always wanted to do. All he has done is be a Royal. So he questioned did they stab Andy or did they just hurt the Royal. I think after that, he stopped and thought why did I become a Royal. My friend used to be in a gang and I could never understand why he did it or why he would want that life.
I learned from Andy’s experience not to waste my life. To enjoy family and friends, don’t take anything for granted.This stuff happens a lot these days in the world and people still don’t learn. I don’t really understand why people do things like this, I understand that people don’t like other people, but they have to kill them?
I honestly can’t relate this to my life. I have never seen this happen to someone I know and I have never been in this situation.
Andy thought that his wound was just a good brawl no more no less. He thought that life would return to normal after he was essentially better. He though he could return to his girlfriend Laura and everything would be better. He concluded that he didn't want to be known as a Royal any but as Andy. His final stand was to remove his Royals jacket to symbolize him being Andy not a Royal. I can relate this to my life because i read a news article about a boy being stabbed and left to die. It was all because he told his mom he liked this girl who was apart of a gang so they stabbed him. Nobody helped him in time so he bleed to death and died. The people who did it were proud of it and bragged. Everybody knew it was them so they went to jail or prison i don't know its pretty sad. That's how i can relate to this story. 724
dear blogger 715, I like how you described that you knew what was going to happen because of the title of the story. I also like ow you said that Andy thought that it was just fierce rumble with other gang members. 704
dear 711 i like how you put quotes o explain your thoughts. i also like how you explain the way that you couldn't relate. You also explained your thing very well. from, 718
Dear 710, i agree with you that we should help people when ever we get the chance. Because one day it could be one of us that is hurt and we never took the time to help, so they're not going to take the time to help us. Also good job on your paragraphs i liked your details and what you learned from Andy's experience. 709
Bloger 720 Andy’s thought process was that he was a big sot because he part of the one the biggest gang. When Andy got stabbed he everything went in a slow-mo, everybody he loved popped in to his memory as it was his last, when he fell down on the ground.He thought about his girl friend and what she was doing but he couldn't feel the wounded that he gotten he felt scared lonely.When he couldn’t speech or scream for helped he thought he was dead already.That i what i thought he was thinking in the story. what i have learned about Andy’s life was that never get in a gang or else you can get killed by other gangs out there. If you want to do something because you think its cool think about it before you make your decision about it.Also never take anything for granted or else it will back fire like in that case with Andy. when i think about Andy’s life i could never think about something i did that was related to me because in my life i was never a loner or never fit-in because i would try to make friends .In all of my life i have at least more then twice i have done something bad because i thought it was cool, but not one time i got let go our unpunished for what i did.
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Andy decides that if he was a Royal that really meant nothing. Andy then release himself from the pain and takes of the jacket. In as much as pain as he was in I could not believe that he successfully removed the jacket before he died. From the pain, he rolled over a couple feet struggled to get the jacket off then rolled back one foot and died then and their. I would try have the guts to go through all that pain to remove the jacket so that I was just ***. Mainly he decided that if he died he want to be know as Andy not a Royal. The jacket got his life, if he wasn’t wearing that he would live.
I learned that even if you don’t want to who you are but pretend to be who you are not, it is in your hands for your future. Depending on the cot paid. In Andy’s case, he want to be a Royal so bad he wore that jacket. He died cause that is who he want to be but how do we know that he wanted to be something else. Many things can and will change if you do a different type of teaching, learning, living, loving, anything. You carry your life, if you want to be who you want to be just make sure you don’t get hurt. Even killed.
This can relate to my life, because my mom always tells me storied that we live in a perfect world. One day we go a call to the house, it was aunt. She was calling to say that her son was just killed from being a nerd/ jock in school. People thought thatyou can’t two things at on time. A week later everyone was saying how the football team was getting accused of killing him. Later that week though most of the football team got killed. My mother says it is just a story but, I know it is not. I know that my uncle (he was about my age) would be going to this school today right by my side on everything. He never is. I can tell you something, He is here we just don’t know it.
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Andy’s thought process in the beginning was that he was thinking about how bad of a fight he just had was. “That was a fierce rumble.” Is what Andy said. Then he was thinking about Laura. He was wondering if she would be mad at him. He had told her that he would be back in a few minutes, and then he had gone downstairs and found the candy store closed. Is what he was saying in his mind. Thats when two people came and weren't really helpful. Andy knew that he had to take off the jacket, if it was the last thing he did, that would have to be it. Then at the end the cop just recognized Andy as a "Royal" That was Andy's thought process, thats what he decide with his life.
What I learned from Andy's experience was don't be a part of any gang. Being in a gang and showing that your part of it can change your life, dramatically. Don't wear clothing that labels you as something because you life can be taken in less than a minute. If you want to be part of a gang, just don't wear or do anything to tell others that your part of the "enemy". Thats what I learned from Andy's experience.
Yes I can relate this to my life, how? Well this is a text to world thing. Sometime last year, I went to my friends house for her birthday. When we were walking down to the store we noticed something; A picture and some flowers. We went up to it and it was the spot that some guy had died. There was writing on the picture telling what had happened. This guy was in a gang and he decided that he didn't want to be in it anymore, and the rest of the gang didn't trust him not tell anyone so they just killed him. He had a wife and two kids. Thats how I can relate to "On The Sidewalk Bleeding"
#705
Andy came into the story as a strong, new gang member with no worries because he was a “ROYAL”. He believed the name could protect him, little did he know that a knife would soon be taking life from him because of that name. I think that over the story he learned that he could be called a royal till all the blood rush out of him yet it meant nothing compared to the way he felt as his life grew distant. He didn’t think that the knife was going threw him as much as they meant for it to kill the jacket. He could have lived if the “Royals” were not a part of him or his life.
The way this could be related to my life is by proving that the names people call me that hurtful things that are said mean nothing compared to my life that I wake up everyday for. I have always said life will end when it’s time but now I think I should never think about the end because life is still at the start and why loss it anytime soon. Andy’s life story just from where we read from show that he was a good person but when the bad got to him he was lost and that is how I feel about myself. You always have a chance to be a good person but once you are not you can’t take back what is done.
The conclusion he makes about his life is that life is too short for small stuff to end it sooner. I think he also believed that he could have lived if the “ROYAL” didn’t show who he is instead of Andy. He knew why he was dying and how he could have resolved it ,but it was too late. Never forget how much life can mean to you and know to live for the day and don’t think about the end. Andy’s life meant more than the jacket yet he died for it. What does that prove about the people in the “Royals”?
BLOGGER 716-
1. Andy’s thought proses in the story was that in the beginning of the story he was all proud that he was a Royal and thought about how he had moved his way up and is now in one of the 2 biggest gangs. But when he is walking down the alley and gets knifed he realizes how the person who killed him only thought about how he was a Royal and nothing else and Andy wanted to change that. While he is dying he takes off the jacket “It seemed very important to take off the jacket.” When the cops did find him he doesn’t want to be want to be judged because he is Royal he wants to be just Andy. But when the cop comes he starts his police report with “A Royal.” So in the end Andy didn’t want to be a royal he just wanted to be Andy.
2. What i learned from Andy's experiences is that you should never do something because it is cool or makes you fit in. If you make that choice just to fit in it will backfire on you and you wont want to be that again but there is no way of getting out of it. So I learned to take the path that you want to take not the one that makes you cool or you fit in.
3.I cant really relate this story to my life because I haven’t really taken a path I haven’t wanted to go on. I have always choice which way I wanted to go and I went with it. I a haven’t ever looked back to what I would be like if i took another path. So I guess I have made a good choice of which path I have taken
712 Andy’s thought process was pretty strait forward in the beginning because Andy thought he knew himself very well. Well Andy was wrong, once he got stabbed he turned all of his thoughts into a big bunch and he didn’t know what to think. He was mostly thinking about his girlfriend and why anyone would want to do something like that to him. It wasn't him it was the jacket that he was wearing.his emotions stared spinning because all of the things he had done in his life were starting to get to him.
I learned that you should never take anything fr granite because it could flash right before your eyes and poof it could all be gone You could lose all the great things that are in your life. Most of all the loved ones that stand next to you will all be gone to.
I could some what relate this to my life because I like to fit in,but I don’t feel that I would want to fit in enough that I would get myself killed because of it. There are consequences for fitting in. I would not know this though, because I do not always fit in.
Dear,
Blogger 703
I liked in your second paragraph how you said it is in your hands for your future because that is true it is up to you to make your own future.
716
714. I think Andys thought was "why wont anyone help me." Andy was probable if people are walking by and they will not help me little less call the cops. If I got beat up again and no one is there and I am hurt really bad what will they do.He tells himself that if he was never wearin the jaket he would've never got stabbed. he also thought the purpl jacket was a meaningless jacket, that was rbbin him from his life. This story relates tomy life because almost every night we hear people fighting in my alley some times even gun shots. Also, my neihborhood is has unpleasent adults that yell at little kids for nothing.
Blogger 214
Andy’s thought process in the story is that he doesn't know that he is going to die just because he say that the cut isn’t that big and that he will not die in the cold rain. But close to the end of the story Andy knows that he is going to die alone in the rain and no body is going to help him because he is a Royal and that the guardians will find out that Andy had help from people that walk by him and see if he is o.k or needs help to get to the hospital.
What I learned from Andy’s experience is that Andy was in a gang but that he was stabbed below his rib cage and torn a big wound in his flesh. And that it would have you killed if you are in a gang and was ambushed by four other gang members and stabbed in the alley and left to bleed and die in a alley alone in the rain and you can’t scream for help because your mouth was filled with blood and you couldn't move because the pain hurts every move you make and you would lie there scared that you are going to die at a young age.
I can relate this to my life because someone in my family died when I was born and I was not told how he died because I never Knew him well and I never got to see him because he died before I could get old enough to be able to see him. I only saw pictures of him when he was alive. Also my uncle died because of heart problems and I went to his funeral and I started to cry because I loved my uncle so much that I never wanted him to die because a heart failure. I never want my other uncle to die because he is in the war and I want to be able to see him alive and not hurt or missing a leg or arm in a big explosion that went off next to him.My uncle is in the worst part of the war in Afghanistan trying t find one guy who hired a plane to crash into the world trading center back in 9-11.
710
What does it mean to belong? To belong it means that you do all that you can to fit in. It means that you do what people want you to do just so that they will like you. It means that no matter who it will effect you do it because you wanna feel cool. To belong you must ware what everybody else does and act how they do to. You don't act like your own person you are being who people tell you to.
Why is it important to fit in? To most people its important to fit in because they don’t wanna be made fun of or bullyed. They try not to get in the way of people that don’t like who they are a threat to them. They try to dress how everybody dresses because it will make them fit in. Nobody want to stand out and be there own person anymore because they are to scared of what people will think of them.
Explain Andy’s thought process. What conclusions does he make about his life? How can this be related to your life?At first he wondered if Laura would be angry, he wondered if she was dancing, if she missed him yet, if she thought he was not coming back. He thought of her face “ brown eyes and jet black hair.” Would he marry Laura someday, have lots of kids, move to a clean project in the Bronx or even Staten Island. Andy came to the conclusion that his life was over at only 16, his life was over. He thought that somebody would help him or maybe call the cops.This can be related to my life by the people by all the people that have been effected around me because of gangs.
What did you learn from Andy’s experience? I learned many things from hearing Andy’s story. One of the most important tings i learned was that no matter how people act or dress or who the belong to you can’t judge them just for that. An just because somebody wares something you don’t like or believes in something that you don’t you don’t know that person. An therefor you have no right to judge them or think about them in a different way. Everybody is in tilted to doing what they want to having their own freedom. In my opion Andy was killed for the wrong resin. Andy was killed because he wore a purple jacket that said Royal. That to me is the most radicals reason to get killed. Also Freddie and Angela didn’t help him just because he had a jacked that said Royal. Also i learned that no matter how much somebody is your enemy you should steal be willing to help them out when they are in need. An so that is what i learned form Andy’s experience.
Dear bloggger
717
I like in your second paragraph how you said to "Never be in a gang." I agree Because a gang is always just leading to trouble.
Blogger 716
Dear 717,
I do like your paragraphs but you could have put more details into the second paragraph. I like how you put in an example. I thought it is a good idea. Plus I just saw one yesterday on my home from the bus stop. Instead it was covered in flowers and you could hardly even see the name. I can tell that, that person was loved very much and still is loved.
703
711
Andy’s thought process is how he’s going to die. What Andy decides about his life is that he’s dieing. “I love you, too, Freddie,” the girl said, and Andy listened and thought: I love you Laura. Laura, I think maybe I’m dieing. Laura, this is stupid but I think maybe I’m dieing. Laura, I think I’m dieing. What I learned from Andy's experience is don't get involved in a gang. Most teen boy’s are in a gang. “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 on our necks.I don't want to get mixed up in this, Angela.” No I can not relate to this. No one that I know has gotten killed in a gang fight. I know a few people who are in a gang.
Dear blogger 705,
I really liked how you put things into perspective like when you say "never forget how much lifer means to you." That is one of the most important thingsIi have gotten from this whole story.
From, 710
718
I think Andy’s thought process was why wont anyone help me, am I dyeing. I can relate to the story because one of my family members gets into fight with people in gangs and comes home when he was living with me. when he would come home he would look pretty bad and beaten up. sometimes when I saw him I though to my self is he going to be okay or is something bad going to happen and he dyes. I can also relate to the story because i seen a gang fight in my alley. Its not the best thing to see. Can you relate to the story? Well this is how i can relate to the story. These are the only ways i can relate to the story. I hope you can relate to and see how Andy feels and what hes going through.
706 Andy’s thought process changed a lot from the beginning of the story to the end. First he starts thinking that he is like a superman that can’t be hurt because he belongs to a gang. After he gets stabbed, and he is bleeding bad, he still thinks that he wont die. He said to himself that people got in rumbles all the time, and nothing bad happened to them. Andy then starts realizing that its not him that people don’t wanna help, its his jacket! He even asked himself if they had stabbed him or the jacket? As he laid there bleeding to death he knew that he had thrown his life away. It wasn’t worth it at all to die just because of a stupid gang.
From Andy’s experience, I learned that life is too short and we need to take smarter choices in it. We never know what can happen to us and were all not superheros. Andy decided to join a gang and put on a jacket with the name of the gang on it. He then soon got killed because of that. If he wouldn’t of made that choice, he would of still been alive. Andy’s story impacted me a lot because I know I can’t be hanging around those kinds of people. Who knows what they could do with their lifes or if they would ever hurt me.
I can relate to this because I had an uncle who made poor choices and was shot three times. Lucky for him, he didn’t die but as he laid at the hospital, he knew that he had ruined his life. He used to belong to a gang but now he learned a very valuable lesson, just like Andy. I don’t really like talking about this, but its something that I can relate to the story with.
Dear blogger 705
I really like how you put that " Andy is not afraid of anything, and that he is a Royal." I also liked how you described that andy would get a knife torn through his flesh and that he would die in minutes
704
Dear 716,
Tahnk you. I lie how in your paragraph you say that you chose the right path. From the way you say that I am guessing that you are confident of what you think and don't care of what others think. I really like how you said "should never do something because it is cool or makes you git in." I would say that if Andy dosen't want to be in the Royals then he shouldn't be. This also connects with blogger 717.
719
Andy’s thought process was, he knew he had gotten stabbed but refused to let himself know that he was dyeing. In the one part of the story Andy had thought, “That was a fierce rumble, they got me good that time”, But the thought if him dying never came up. As he kept thinking he finally started to realize that he was. Andy’s next conclusions about his life were, he was Andy. He was not just a Royal he was just Andy. “Had they stabbed him, Andy, or had they only stabbed the jacket and the tittle and what good was the tittle if you were dying?”, Andy had thought. I think that his thought process changed very much when he finally discovered that he was dying because then everything that had happened with him and gangs just floated right out of his mind. Another way that his thought process changed was when he was laying there and he squirmed even though it hurt him just to take his Royal’s jacket off.
What I learned from Andy’s Experience was to never really let gangs and other things take over your life because your you not just the name of a gang, you’re you and you don’t have a tittle about who you are or what you do. Also from this story I have learned to not ever let like gangs or anything get into or control your whole life. A couple other things that I learned is how hard it would be if that were to happen. Also like how hard it would be to get any help.
I can not relate Andy’s Experience to my life, because no one in my family is in gangs or has had any history like seeing someone like that.
Dear blogger 716
I found your blog to be very mind blowing when it come down to details from the story it was truly amazing how you focused on the way the cop thought of him when he found him. I feel like you my have had a connection with this story either just how you feel about it or knowing how it feels to be judged by the people you're with.
-#705
715
Andy’s thought process changes dramatically through out the whole story.At first he thought he wasn’t hurt very badly when the story said ‘’He lay on the sidewalk, bleeding, and he thought only: that was a fierce rumble”. This demonstrates how at first he thinks of it as just a fierce fight. When Andy says “ wait, please I’m bleeding’’ shows how he knows he is hurt badly and that he needs help. Towards the end of story Andy thinks of dying, and in his thought he says “I think maybe I’m dying’’. This quote shows how Andy’s fears kick in and how he changes his thought about the “fierce rumble’’. at the beginning Andy walks down the street then gets stabbed. After that he lay on the sidewalk in sobbing pain waiting for someone to help him. At the end the thoughts of dying go through his head. He dies in the end and Laura con not cry. This is a big way I think Andy changes his thought process through out this story.
I think I learned about gangs and emotions that you go through when something goes wrong. I learned how ridiculous gangs are and how they can get you in big trouble. I also learned how you think of what you’ve done and how you should have change it then when you can’t change it you always end up hurt or filled with regret.
I can’t relate to Andy because I’m not into gangs.I can relate to how he got hurt when all those thoughts of getting hurt start to run through your mind and you cant think straight. When I was little my cousin had broke my leg. I remember the excruciating pain I went through and how I would think I was going to die.
Dear blogger 716,
I like how you were honest when saying that you cant really relate to the story because not all people have bin through things like this
From, 710
Dear, 716
I like how in your 2nd paragraph you said that you shouldn't do something because its cool.
717
Dear Everyone,
I know we all have our own option of this story. We are mainly all correct from our points of view. Many people say that a gang is stupid or retarted or dumb. Not only sometimes can it get you killed but it can get the one you love killed.
703
To 703 from 711
i think you did a good job on your paragraphs but there is one thing that was spelt wrong. in this sentence "From the pain, he rolled over a couple feet struggled to get the jacket off then rolled back one foot and died then and their" you used the wrong their.
Dear 703
I should have added more details but I couldn't think of them.
717
Dear 716,
Yeah i agree not to be in a gang it leads to bad things.
717
706
Dear #703, I disagree with you on the beginning of what you wrote. When Andy joined the gang, it was because he felt good about being in made him think that he couldn't die.
Blogger 704
Andy’s thought process in the story is that he doesn't know that he is going to die just because he say that the cut isn’t that big and that he will not die in the cold rain. But close to the end of the story Andy knows that he is going to die alone in the rain and no body is going to help him because he is a Royal and that the guardians will find out that Andy had help from people that walk by him and see if he is o.k or needs help to get to the hospital.
What I learned from Andy’s experience is that Andy was in a gang but that he was stabbed below his rib cage and torn a big wound in his flesh. And that it would have you killed if you are in a gang and was ambushed by four other gang members and stabbed in the alley and left to bleed and die in a alley alone in the rain and you can’t scream for help because your mouth was filled with blood and you couldn't move because the pain hurts every move you make and you would lie there scared that you are going to die at a young age.
I can relate this to my life because someone in my family died when I was born and I was not told how he died because I never Knew him well and I never got to see him because he died before I could get old enough to be able to see him. I only saw pictures of him when he was alive. Also my uncle died because of heart problems and I went to his funeral and I started to cry because I loved my uncle so much that I never wanted him to die because a heart failure. I never want my other uncle to die because he is in the war and I want to be able to see him alive and not hurt or missing a leg or arm in a big explosion that went off next to him.My uncle is in the worst part of the war in Afghanistan.
709
1.I think he felt like he had to fit in or be cool because he thought he had to belong with a group of people. he most likely would have done what ever it takes to be with that group. he probably tryed to get with that group because we want to be or feel normal.We all want to act tuff or cool because other people. In the end we should just be our self because non of that stuff really matters because when you try to get in one of those groups you might just be doing things that will get you in trouble. I think andy decides that he does not want to be a royal at the end because no one respects him and no one cares about him because he is a royal and people judged him for it.So I think he does not want to be known as a royal while he is still living , so he takes the jacket of.
2. I learned that I should not judge just because some one looks mean or weird because they may be a nice person . I also think we should help one another out even if we think we may be in trouble.I also learned that people should be more friendly because if some person walked by you and saw you bleeding to death and really did not care that would suck.
3.I can sort of relate this to my life because when ever I am skating people are always looking at me like i am a freak or they act like I am a bad kid.some times I fell like stupid because I act or dress like a skater.
715 to 705
I like how you started of with Details of Andy and how you said little did he know that a knife would soon be taking life from him. It is a good way to say that Andy was clueless.
To 717 from 711
i think your story was good. I liked how you said that you would never be in a gang.
Andy’s thought process in the story is that he doesn't know that he is going to die just because he say that the cut isn’t that big and that he will not die in the cold rain. But close to the end of the story Andy knows that he is going to die alone in the rain and no body is going to help him because he is a Royal and that the guardians will find out that Andy had help from people that walk by him and see if he is o.k or needs help to get to the hospital.
What I learned from Andy’s experience is that Andy was in a gang but that he was stabbed below his rib cage and torn a big wound in his flesh. And that it would have you killed if you are in a gang and was ambushed by four other gang members and stabbed in the alley and left to bleed and die in a alley alone in the rain and you can’t scream for help because your mouth was filled with blood and you couldn't move because the pain hurts every move you make and you would lie there scared that you are going to die at a young age.
I can relate this to my life because someone in my family died when I was born and I was not told how he died because I never Knew him well and I never got to see him because he died before I could get old enough to be able to see him. I only saw pictures of him when he was alive. Also my uncle died because of heart problems and I went to his funeral and I started to cry because I loved my uncle so much that I never wanted him to die because a heart failure. I never want my other uncle to die because he is in the war and I want to be able to see him alive and not hurt or missing a leg or arm in a big explosion that went off next to him.My uncle is in the worst part of the war in Afghanistan.704
#701
At first, Andy believes he just lost a rumble with one of his enemies, but believes he will get the best of them the next time they bump into each other again. He was then worried if his girlfriend, Laura, would be angry with him for being late coming home. After a few moments, he believes he hears faint music, and thinks Laura is possibly dancing. Thinking of Laura eased the pain a little. He imagines marrying her, and having kids with her, moving to a different place, rather than where they are now. He hears a couple and hears them kiss, and he wants to be with Laura again. After wondering if he would ever see Laura again, he realizes he is dying. He thinks it’s a stupid idea, him dying after a small cut from a “rumble”, but he doesn’t deny it either. The boy of the couple, Freddie, sees Andy, but doesn’t think helping him would be a good idea. It would make the Guardians mad if he helped a Royal. Once the couple has run off, Andy thinks they’re stupid to be afraid of the Guardians. He begins to feel tired, weak, alone and cold. He knew he was dying then, and so he did.
Andy was just labelled as a “Royal” and it does not feel too awesome to be labelled. Some people, like Andy, can’t stand to be labelled. That’s what killed Andy, though, a silly label on a piece of clothing. A label can do a lot of damage, and that is what I now know for sure.
I can’t relate this to my life, but I can relate this to a movie I have seen, West Side Story. In West Side Story, these two young teenage gangs disagree on one thing, and one thing only; their skin color. The Sharks are the Puerto Ricans and The Jetts are the Americans, and the only thing that will prove who is better, in their eyes, is a rumble. After arranging the rumble, they all meet up and start their battle. Long story made short, the leaders of each group are killed, and they are left with no idea of who is “better” than the other. It is a very tragic remake of Romeo and Juliet.
715 to 709
I like how you put specific details in your writing and your opinions on what you thought Andy would do. You have a few capitalization mistakes but over all its good.
#708
When Andy was laying there alone helpless he saw his life flash before his eyes. His thought process was regretful. He never got to do things he always wanted to do. All he has done is be a Royal. So he questioned did they stab Andy or did they just hurt the Royal. I think after that, he stopped and thought why did I become a Royal. My friend used to be in a gang and I could never understand why he did it or why he would want that life.
I learned from Andy’s experience not to waste my life. To enjoy family and friends, don’t take anything for granted.This stuff happens a lot these days in the world and people still don’t learn. I don’t really understand why people do things like this, I understand that people don’t like other people, but they have to kill them?
I honestly can’t relate this to my life. I have never seen this happen to someone I know and I have never been in this situation.
Dear #717
I agree, you should not join a gang. It's big trouble and it can really affect a lot of people in your life. It's a giant mess, too.
signed, #701
Andy thought that his wound was just a good brawl no more no less. He thought that life would return to normal after he was essentially better. He though he could return to his girlfriend Laura and everything would be better. He concluded that he didn't want to be known as a Royal any but as Andy. His final stand was to remove his Royals jacket to symbolize him being Andy not a Royal. I can relate this to my life because i read a news article about a boy being stabbed and left to die. It was all because he told his mom he liked this girl who was apart of a gang so they stabbed him. Nobody helped him in time so he bleed to death and died. The people who did it were proud of it and bragged. Everybody knew it was them so they went to jail or prison i don't know its pretty sad.
That's how i can relate to this story. 724
dear blogger 715,
I like how you described that you knew what was going to happen because of the title of the story. I also like ow you said that Andy thought that it was just fierce rumble with other gang members.
704
dear 711 i like how you put quotes o explain your thoughts. i also like how you explain the way that you couldn't relate. You also explained your thing very well.
from, 718
Dear 710,
i agree with you that we should help people when ever we get the chance. Because one day it could be one of us that is hurt and we never took the time to help, so they're not going to take the time to help us. Also good job on your paragraphs i liked your details and what you learned from Andy's experience.
709
dear 709 i like how much detail you put in and how you explained everything in deep detail
from 718
Bloger 720
Andy’s thought process was that he was a big sot because he part of the one the biggest gang. When Andy got stabbed he everything went in a slow-mo, everybody he loved popped in to his memory as it was his last, when he fell down on the ground.He thought about his girl friend and what she was doing but he couldn't feel the wounded that he gotten he felt scared lonely.When he couldn’t speech or scream for helped he thought he was dead already.That i what i thought he was thinking in the story.
what i have learned about Andy’s life was that never get in a gang or else you can get killed by other gangs out there. If you want to do something because you think its cool think about it before you make your decision about it.Also never take anything for granted or else it will back fire like in that case with Andy.
when i think about Andy’s life i could never think about something i did that was related to me because in my life i was never a loner or never fit-in because i would try to make friends .In all of my life i have at least more then twice i have done something bad because i thought it was cool, but not one time i got let go our unpunished for what i did.
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