Critical Analysis of Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin Essay

Critical Analysis of sonny boys Blues by James Baldwin - Essay role modelThe story starts when Sonnys elder blood brother gains knowledge just about Sonnys hold in on the basis of heroin addiction and drug selling. He is quite worried about his brother precisely he acknowledges the fact that he has never given him enough care and he realizes about Sonnys troubles after his daughter, Graces death as he says, my suffering do his real. With his knowledge suffering, he is able to relate to Sonnys suffering. He remembers about his yesteryear life in Harlem and the incident of his uncles death by the drunken white people imputable to which, his father has always hated white people. Sonnys brother suffers in silence as he never tries to face the reality of his suffering till the end. He along with his brother discovers himself and reconciles with the reality.Sonny is unable to forget or let go the sufferings he has endured. He finds license from the sufferings by cosmos a jazz mu sician. He thinks that his music allows him to be free of the troubles of his life. However, he thinks that troubles cannot be stopped as he says, trouble is the one thing that never does get stopped. He considers his life disturb due to which, he gets heroin addict because he thinks it as a source of getting license of his sufferings. Like Sonny, his brother also suffers but unlike him, he tries to conceal his sufferings and fears of their revelation. Sonny is quite sure of his sufferings and wants to get rid of them through jazz music. He considers jazz as a source of freedom from his sufferings. Sonnys interest in jazz music is disliked by his brother but till the end of the story, he realizes that it is only jazz music that Sonny feels free as he says, there was no battle in his face.Sonnys brother realizes about his own suffering, Sonnys suffering, his wifes suffering, his childrens suffering and his parents suffering by getting approach to Sonny and by letting him to break away