Critical Analysis of Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin Essay

Critical Analysis of Sonnys Blues by James Baldwin - Essay ExampleThe story starts when Sonnys elderly chum salmon gains knowledge close to Sonnys arrest on the basis of heroin addiction and drug selling. He is quite worried somewhat his brother besides he acknowledges the fact that he has never given him enough care and he realizes some Sonnys troubles after his daughter, adorns death as he says, my suffering made his real. With his own suffering, he is able to relate to Sonnys suffering. He remembers about his past feeling in Harlem and the incident of his uncles death by the drunken light people due 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 freedom from the sufferings by being a jazz medicineian. 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 troubled due to which, he gets heroin addict because he thinks it as a acknowledgment of getting freedom 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 aware 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 lone(prenominal) 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 near to Sonny and by letting him to cracking aw ay