Sonny’s Blues
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Jerri Dixon
English 1110-36
January 12, 2008
“Sonnys Blues”
“Sonnys Blues” is a story that opens up with Sonnys brother finding out that Sonny has been arrested for dealing heroin. He finds these things out by reading a newspaper on the subway while going to work.
Baldwin discusses Sonnys life, and about the relationship between Sonny and his older brother. He talks about how bebop and jazz was a scapegoat for Sonnys pain and suffering.
This story is told by Sonnys unnamed older brother. In the story Sonnys brother stereotypes him as being the heroin-addicted jazz musician. Sonny had been arrested