Nicole Snowden
September 22, 2014
English II
Section 80683
Literary Analysis Essay 1
Music: A calming soul
James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues" is told from the viewpoint of the title character's brother, a schoolteacher, who lives a much different life than Sonny himself. As the story opens, the unnamed teacher has just learned that his younger brother has been arrested for possession and sale of heroin: "It was not to be believed and I…
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