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“Sonny’s Blues” is a story about the past and present lives of two brothers. James Baldwin writes in a style that seems so simple and pure, yet at the same time he is able to convey such emotion and intensity that the reader is deeply affected. The story is told in first person point-of-view by Sonny’s brother, whose name is never mentioned. The narrator begins with the event of his brother getting caught …

…the last event all the pieces come together for both of them. For one, through music all the pain that they felt like the death of Gracie and Sonny’s addiction, came out. For once the narrator really gets into Sonny’s world and in return Sonny’s brother comes to an understanding. Through Sonny playing the blues, the narrator comes to an understanding of what has happened in Sonny’s life and his own