Harlem Tonro Analysis
This story helps me understand plot, character, conflict, and setting because the story gives a lot of details. In order to understand the plot, the story has to be told in a very descriptive way and this story gives us plenty details making it easy to understand the plot. The setting in this story was very easy to point out due to what the narrator tells us. This story takes place in a very low income part of town called Harlem, in the 1950s. In this story, I believe the setting has so much to do with Sonny and his brother and the way they turned out to be. I believe that this city is part of the reason Sonny had a drug problem. He did drugs to try and escape from the feeling this town had made him feel. The central characters are the narrator
and Sonny. I think they are both very important to this story because the story is about Sonny, but the narrator gives us all of his thoughts and feelings. We are getting this story from his point of view, which is why they are both central characters. One of the first conflicts in the story is when Sonny and the narrator argue about Sonny becoming a jazz musician. This argument is caused because the narrator thinks it will be a waste of his life. The climax of the story is when the brothers really start arguing. This is when the narrator really becomes angry about feeling lonely, about Sonny’s drug abuse, and about Sonny becoming a musician. Sonny just becomes mad about all of this. I think at this time in the story, the boys start to be able to understand each other a little more. They are able to look at each other’s perspectives, which helps them in the long run.
and Sonny. I think they are both very important to this story because the story is about Sonny, but the narrator gives us all of his thoughts and feelings. We are getting this story from his point of view, which is why they are both central characters. One of the first conflicts in the story is when Sonny and the narrator argue about Sonny becoming a jazz musician. This argument is caused because the narrator thinks it will be a waste of his life. The climax of the story is when the brothers really start arguing. This is when the narrator really becomes angry about feeling lonely, about Sonny’s drug abuse, and about Sonny becoming a musician. Sonny just becomes mad about all of this. I think at this time in the story, the boys start to be able to understand each other a little more. They are able to look at each other’s perspectives, which helps them in the long run.