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    Baldwin’s Blues In Sonny’s Blues the and the autobiographical notes of James Baldwin found in the book show the racism of the time and how subtle it is and how it becomes a part of a person once it is introduced to them. In the auto biographical notes Baldwin says‚ “I was forced to admit something I had always hidden from myself‚ which the American Negro has had to hide from himself as the price of his public progress; that I hated and feared white people. This did not mean that I loved black people;

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    understand exactly what trials and tribulations Sonny was going through. Having grown up in the projects/low income housing‚ finding out the truth out how his father had really passed and their rocky relationship with one another‚ his turbulent dynamic with his own brother‚ his heroin addiction and the problems it brought on‚ his struggle to fulfill the typical American dream‚ and finding the courage to do what he really loves; play music. Sonny’s Blues are the story of his life‚ and the failures or

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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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    Juvenile delinquency is one of the hottest issues especially among our young people of today. We heard of thirteen year old involve in rape‚ killing‚ drug addiction‚ stealing‚ and many other unbelievable act a teenager can do. And these are but some forms of misbehavior involving the youth of today. But what exactly is juvenile delinquency? According to some psychologists‚ delinquents are those‚ whose behavioral pattern is contrary to the accepted rules. Some say that delinquents are those who violate

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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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    James Baldwin’s "Sonny’s Blues" the symbolic motif of light and darkness illustrates the painful nature of reality the two characters face as well as the power gained through it. The darkness represents the actuality of life on the streets of the community of Harlem‚ where there is little escape from the reality of drugs and crime. The persistent nature of the streets lures adolescents to use drugs as a means of escaping the darkness of their lives. The main character‚ Sonny‚ a struggling jazz musician

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    consequences that would follow behind. The pressure kept piling and piling on top of my shoulders‚ because I knew soon there would be another mouth to feed. Working hard day and night‚ filled me up with frustration and irritation‚ leading me up to the point where I couldn’t take it anymore. No more strength to carry on. Understanding all this through one letter- I know will be a lot to take in‚ but like I said my children aren’t like me. Looking back at my life‚ I wonder is that really me? Or someone

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    musician provides us with many elements in their music such as being their life story‚ different perceptions of their pieces‚ and the ability of healing the soul. In "Sonny’s Blues" the narrator’s brother was talented in playing the piano later on we found out that is how he expresses his emotions. In the story‚ when Sonny was staying in Isabel house they “confessed that they were not living with a person‚ it

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