Sonny's Blues Analysis

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Sonny’s Blues is a story describing how two brothers are trying to overcome difficult situations they are experiencing in their lives. The narrator, who chooses to remain anonymous in the entire story attempts to overcome the stereotypes and racism of African-Americans, as well as, his reservations about his brother’s career choice and drug use. Although the author describes his brother’s past life before he began abusing drugs, the greater part of the story focuses on the substance use by African Americans living in poor towns and the effects of drug use on the families and individuals. More precisely, the author puts several arguments concerning the drug use and its effects forwards. One major point that Baldwin attempted to put forward through …show more content…

At first, when the narrator discovered about Sonny’s substance use, he was hesitant but felt sick after hearing the whole revelation. For a fact, he had suspected that Sonny was a drug addict but tried to deny that fact by not attempting to find out the plain truth. He was angry, sad, and disappointed. However, after sometimes, he sent a letter to Sonny requesting him to create a time so that they can meet and hold some discussion. The narrator them informed Sonny about his children, wife and their progress. In particular, Sonny was told about the death of his niece who dead while Sonny was in jail. Upon arriving at the author's living place, Sonny discovered that although his elder nephew recognized him, the younger one could not. Apparently, this scenario explains that when individuals become addicted to any drug, they are only concerned with their feelings or needs. For a fact, it took Sonny to be detained and rehabilitated to eventually realize the emotional pain and sufferings that he has brought to his family. Precisely, not only had he caused emotional pain and suffering to them but also washed away their trust in him. The author continually considered frisking Sonny’s chamber for proof that he was using the drugs again. Imperatively, were it not for the

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