On The Sidewalk Bleeding Identity

In “On The Sidewalk Bleeding”, by Evan Hunter, what is the author suggesting about the difficulty of maintaining one’s individual identity. The author is suggesting that it is difficult to maintain one’s identity, because depending on what people do can put people in different situations which will change one’s identity making it hard to maintain a stable individual identity.

1 Once one’s identity has been modified, it will be fairly challenging for one to retrace one’s steps to be themselves again, because others may not feel they will be able to trust someone who has changed dramatically or not be able to forgive one.

2 One’s actions and thoughts can get one into trouble and end up with the wrong crowd. By hanging around the wrong people
and may encounter hatred for the group and not for themselves. Evidence of this is shown in the quote “If he had not been wearing the jacket, he wouldn’t have been stabbed.” and the quote “The knife had not been plunged in hatred of Andy.”.If Andy had not been stabbed because the rival gang did not like him, but because he was in the opposing gang, which proves why hanging around the wrong people can result in pain and suffering for one’s self.

3 One will be judged on their actions which will change their identity which can result in them ending up in sticky situations. One’s friendship choices can leave them vulnerable to others which can end in pain or dead.