Sonny\'s Blues by James Baldwin

Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin is a classic short story about two brothers, but also about the blues music that is so important in their lives. This story is not about Africa, but it seems like it could be. The two brothers live in Harlem, and they face poverty, drug addiction, and the problems that most residents of our own inner cities face every day. This story is really about family, and how family members support each other through the worst times in life. The two brothers are very different, but they love each other, and that is the most important thing.

Reading this story made me think about my own family, and how families are so important in our lives. It made me think that we are very lucky to have loving, caring families that support us. A lot of people do not have any family, or their family is not supportive and loving, and these people suffer because of it. Knowing I have a supportive and caring family made me feel good as I read this story, but just like the other readings in this group, this story also made me sad, because it points out the problems that are not "somewhere else," they are right here in America, and it seems like we should be able to solve these kinds of problems, like poverty and hopelessness, that lead to drug addiction and so much death and destruction in our own cities and towns. It seems like so many lives are wasted, and it does not really have to be that way at all.