The Importance Of Family Relationships In James Baldwin's Sonny

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Family relationships have an important hold on a person from the day they are born to the day they die. Sonny develops a relationship with a lot of people in this book. Throughout the book Sonny has a hard time dealing with his family on a base of his confidence level. Throughout the book and this paper it focuses on his confidence, his loyalty to his parents, and how he manages to juggle what he cares about…. Rockets.

Sonny has a good confidence level for an average boy his age. Going to school everyday, competing with his brother constantly, and trying to please his parents is a lot on a young boys plate. How he holds himself has the effect of his home life. Going through school as a shadow to his brother may break the way a person thinks,