Cody Slone
Professor Slone
English 101
27 September 2010
Music played through the centuries has always symbolized a mood or feeling of the artist. We all have songs that we can relate our
current satiations with. In “ Sonnys Blues” it shows us how people can relate thru music and how it can lift ones life hardships and
pressures of the world. The statement the story makes about the relationship of art to life is that music can help an individual vent and
help the sooth he mood of a person. It gives many instances in the reading of a hardship Sonny must overcome.
Sonnys father was an alcoholic throughout his childhood and this exposure could have easily lead to his addiction of heroin. The
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His schoolmates pressured him and the
troubles of life left him with no choice as it seemed to him to be lead down this road. Sonny soon found himself alone without the
protection of anyone. He had lost contact with his brother his mother Slone 2
was dead and he had been kicked out of a home in which didn’t like the thought of him playing music which may have fueled him
more towards the piano he sought refuge in. Was it love of music or the thought of refuge that willed Sonny to play the piano? There’s
no question that Sonny loved music and playing the piano, but seeking a way to distance himself from the rigorous path his life was
taking is a key player into how Sonny would someday overcome all the despair he was in. playing music took Sonny to that so called “
Happy Place” that he needed when the going got tough and he had no where else to turn but the piano was always there and