Sonny’s Blues

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Sonny is the protagonist of the story written by the author James Baldwin and takes place during the middle of the 20’; in New York. The story has a chronological organization and it is about the dysfunctional relationship between two brothers. The difficulty of the older brother to accept his younger brother for who he is.

Sonny's Blues is narrated in the first-person by an unnamed character, Sonny's brother. I found some symbolism on this fiction and the diction was informal. The narration description is also dramatic action. There are points when the narrator flashes back to several scenes that occurred during their young adulthood.

I believe that the whole point of the story is about love. At the end, Sonny was the one the taught his older a new lesson.

The story reminds me about my brother. He had had drugs problems in the past. This is a problem that we never think that it can happen with us, which involve the whole family and it is very difficult to deal with. This drug issue can happen with any type of person, it does not matter the race, color or economic situation. Love and God are beyond everything. That’s why we have to help and support any person that is relating with us (with or without blood) to try superate this problem, that seems to consume a big part of the world.

“Sonny’s Blues” shows the character addiction and recovery.

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