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    preacher living in Harlem. He wrote many novels and Sonny’s Blues was one of them. Even thought this story was not his own biography it seems like James Baldwin was familiar with those chronicles‚ but the story was very interesting and moving as a black man living as minority. Sonny’s Blues is the story of a young black man in 1957‚ told by his older brother who is a teacher in a local high school in the heart of Harlem‚ New York. Sonny was a good boy gone bad‚ after being wrongly sent to prison

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    find a way to fix their old and rusty relationship. Sonny and his brother are a great example of how suffering can ultimately unite people. Throughout “Sonny’s Blues”‚ there is a constant issue between the narrator and his brother because the narrator cannot accept his brother’s drug use habit. However‚ this changes when the narrator realizes that his brother is taking drugs in order to cope with his own suffering. James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” shows that the narrator realizes that not everyone

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    happened‚ and why characters acted the way they do. The exposition of the "Sonny’s Blues" starts when the narrator introduces characters‚ scene‚ and situation of the story. The narrator learns from a newspaper that his younger brother‚ Sonny‚ has been arrested "for peddling and using heroin." (Baldwin 83) The narrator is a high school teacher‚ and his wife is Isabel. Leaving the school‚ the narrator comes across an old friend of Sonny’s in the schoolyard. They talk about Sonny’s arrest and

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    story‚ "Sonny’s Blues"? The writer was a poor boy growing up. He was also a Negro‚ so things were bad for him and his family in white America. He probably felt sad every day of his childhood so he turned to books for entertainment and maybe escape. When he started reading‚ he found that he liked it and wanted to create stories for other people to enjoy‚ but he was a poor Negro boy who could not expect help from the whites‚ so he taught himself to write. That is similar to Sonny‚ who taught himself

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    “3 O’Clock Blues”‚ as performed by BB King An analysis BB King is undoubtedly one of the greatest blues musicians‚ and an equally unparalleled pioneer of guitar music. Brought up in the midst of poverty‚ strife‚ and struggle of the rural Mississippi Delta‚ King experienced great hardships from a young age‚ and used this as a source of inspiration for much of his later music (King & Ritz‚ 1996). King’s celebrated music career emerged from very modest beginnings. At the age of 18‚ King started

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    Literary Analysis: “The Crucible” “With integrity‚ you have nothing to fear‚ since you have nothing to hide. With integrity‚ you will do the right thing‚ so you will have no guilt.” –Zig Ziglar In Arthur Miller’s‚ “The Crucible‚” the town of Salem is plagued by the hysteria of witches. In an attempt to end the madness‚ and condemn the cause of it all‚ Abigail Williams‚ John Proctor confessed to lechery‚ only to be thrown into jail for witchcraft. In the end‚ when given the chance to lie to save

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    literary elements can describe short stories.”The Sniper”can be described by its literary elements of time‚place and atmosphere as well as the theme statement no one wins in a civil war. The setting of the story can be described through time and place.The story begins during the transition between twilight and night and ends around dawn.Along with time the story can be explained through place.The story takes place in June of 1922.The story takes place in Dublin‚ Ireland.Near the O’Connell bridge

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    In the book Literary with an Attitude by Patrick J. Finn‚ associate professor of the Department of Learning and Instruction‚ states that “our schools offer literary equally to students‚ but somehow the ‘have nots’ refuse to take us up on our offer. They’re not smart enough or they’re lazy or simply perverse.” I believe a good majority of the less fortunate students are lazy and not motivated‚ therefore I do agree with that part of the statement Finn puts forth. There are many examples of this in

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    Literary Analysis: The Crucible In “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller‚ liars‚ cheats‚ and control freaks drastically change the story. It seemed people were in it to protect themselves and their reputation‚ even if they had to tell a lie. These aren’t any little white lies though; these are lies that sent nineteen people‚ and counting‚ to their graves. Out of every character in the story‚ I believe Abigail Williams is the instigator and catalyst to the numerous deaths and court events. She expressed

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    February 16‚ 2013 English 120 SCNW Writing Assignment 1 “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin was about the arrest of the unnamed narrator brother Sonny for using and selling heroin. By that happening this causes the narrator to think back to their childhood‚ when Sonny was wild but he wasn’t crazy. Sonny’s brother (the narrator) who is a high school math teacher is sort of shell-shocked the whole day while he tries to teach his students. After Sonny’s brother is leaving work he runs into one

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