On The Sidewalk Bleeding Analysis

No one should judge a book by its cover, “On the Sidewalk, Bleeding” and “Lamb to the Slaughter” both feature this theme and how both characters were stereotyped and judged. Andy in “On the Sidewalk, Bleeding” was judged on the fact that he was in a gang without knowing his true personality. In “Lamb to the Slaughter” Mary seemed like a innocent wife to the detectives and they thought she was incapable of killing her husband. Mary and Andy were both underestimated by people, they should have not been stereotyped by their appearance. Everybody needs to get to know someone before judging them right away, “On the Sidewalk, Bleeding” and “Lamb to the Slaughter” teach the reader that you do not want to judge someone by their outer appearance. Andy was judged for being a Royal and was thought to be a bad person when really they did not know him. Andy did not want to die as a Royal because he did not want to die as a bad person in gang. A couple refused to help dying Andy because of what it said on his jacket. “I don’t want to get mixed up in this, He’s a Royal.” (Hunter 101). When Andy was found dead a policeman started writing the report, the first word he wrote was “Royal”, his death was to be based on that description. The first guy that finds him is a drunk man and he thought Andy was drunk as well but Andy could not
When the detectives first walked in she told her story that she made to cover her tracks and they believed all of it because of a image in their head. They simply did not believe she was capable enough and it would be very odd for her to do so. “... impossible that she …” (Dahl 181). She was pregnant with a kid and they put a image in their head of her being very peaceful and sane. When they trusted her she was able to get them to eat the turkey leg, the murder weapon. The detectives should not of been so naive and should of considered her to be a