The African American Culture Analysis

In the African American culture, it is very important to embrace your own culture and heritage. If I had to put this whole story in one word, it would be suffering. From the death of the narrator daughter to sonny’s addiction to heroin and the cold-blooded murder of his uncle. The narrator’s father witnessed it himself and it destroyed him for the rest of his life. He was hit by a car full of white people who were too drunk to stop. The narrator’s family suffered a lot. Sonny explains that he uses heroin to escape his problems. Yet from everything he been through, he managed to sing and played the piano beautifully. You can hear that his music comes from dark experiences. the text is also full of anger. the death of his father's brother