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Sonny 's Blues

Plot

James Baldwin 's fictional story , Sonny 's Blues , is a short tale between two brothers who grew up in Harlem - a place where drugs are known to destroy lives of many young people . The narrator 's brother , Sonny , is one of those young people addicted to drugs and the narrator got the news that his brother was imprisoned for illegal possession of heroin Even though the narrator became worried about his brother 's bleak future because of drug addiction

, the narrator did not reconcile with his brother until the death of his daughter . With this turn of events , the narrator reunited with his brother through letters and finally upon Sonny 's freedom from prison . The narrator remembered his mother 's last will for him to take care and look after his younger brother , which he was not able to do . This memory and their conversations helped the narrator understand Sonny 's perception of life . Even though he and Sonny were very different , the narrator finally understood Sonny as he played his jazz music that described his deep emotions and blues (Baldwin 1-25

Character

The narrator is Sonny 's unnamed older brother who is a high school teacher in Harlem . His character is very much the opposite of Sonny 's Despite the more common ill-fated living in Harlem , the narrator is a successful man as shown in his occupation and family . However , he is a failure in terms of looking after his...