Although it seems to be a cold and dark place Harlem is well known for its music, and that is what filled Sonny’s life. Music is the one positive thing that Sonny did have to look forward to in his life even though his family may not have understood it. It took his brother many years and finally going to listen to him play to understand what he had been through and what his music was about for him. The older brother started out the story really not wanting to know what was going on with Sonny because I think of the guilt and pain it caused him to think about it. You can tell by his story that not being there in the most important times of Sonny’s life has left him with a lot of heartache.
Though Eliezer and his father have arrived to Buchenwald safely, it seems as though his father has given up on life. He refuses to move and spends the night in the snow as Elie sleeps inside. The following morning Eliezer searches for his father, but in his heart, wishes that his father had passed during the night so he can worry about his own survival. When Elie does find his father, he feels very guilty as he tries to take care of him. When he is struck with dysentery, Elie begins to lose hope in life for his father.
I tell them that in another month I'll be back in school and working at a better-paying, less humiliating job.”(27) Even Franklin's dad adds to this pressure when he finds out about his son's job as he can hardly understand why his son would take such a lowly job, “'Wendy's? When did this happen?' I want to tell him that it didn't just happen, that it wasn't an accident, but I am stuck wondering how to make him understand...”(29) Like everyone else, Franklin's dad is at a loss for words at his son's
He did not want to go so he made up an excuse not to get it removed. “I don’t feel very well…”(59) he said. From that moment on, he was starting to take the camp much more serious, because he was scared. When they first arrived he went with his dad instead of his mom. And by the end of the first night he had
“We learn of another pair of brothers” (Goldman pg232) the uncle being like Sonny and their father being like Sonny’s bother the narrator. This is important because it reflects that people are different and do not react the same way to life even when brought up the same way. Sonny’s uncle much like Sonny clung to music and culture. The narrator may be linking their uncle’s accidental death to his life style when it could not be related in any way. While living with Sonny’s brother’s family Sonny’s brother doesn’t understand Sonny’s drug use or his musical escapes while playing nightclubs friends homes or within the walls of his home.
Since Odysseus left to go to war, he unintentionally neglected the chance to have a bonding partnership with his son Telemachus and a marital relationship with his wife Penelope. By remembering the family he has waiting for him at home, Odysseus does his best to seek a way home. Enchantress Circe informs him that “in order to reach home he must journey to the land of the dead, Hades, and consult the blind prophet Tiresias” (Homer.1.1064). In contrast to Odysseus, Edward lacks a relationship with his wife and son because he travels a lot. Unlike Odysseus, Edward has a better chance of improving the family connection he lacks because he is home from time to time.
Even though he has a close bond with his mother, it is not enough. “So I passed the hours after school. Sometimes, not often, I felt lonely. Then I would go home to Roy,” (13). What he needs is a friend that can give him advice and hear him out instead of the friends he usually has who make fun of him and make him do whatever they want him to do.
I'd roll from side to side, make shadow animals on the wall, even sit on the balcony in the dark, a blanket wrapped around me.” (49) Amir’s insomnia is significant throughout the novel. He becomes sleep deprived when he feels guilty after not helping Hassan. He is also anxious for the tourney. 8. “I ran because I was a coward.
Grant tells Jefferson that he is more of a man that he could ever be, and that we all need him. In Jefferson diary he admits his thoughts. He talks about how it is difficult for him to sleep at night, because all he dreams about is going through the door of his execution. He confesses why he acted the way he did in the beginning to Grant, and Miss Emma, he says it was because no one ever told him that they loved him so he wasn’t sure how to do the same. He confesses that he cries a night because he is scared, and because Grant has been so good to him.
Sonny's brother wouldn't listen or understand to what Sonny wanted.Later in the story they have a better relationship and Sonny's brother realizes that music helped Sonny through all of his suffering and it also helped them both as brothers to finally bring them closer together. Suffering is another important them throughout Sonny's blues.Sonny suffered with an addiction to drugs, Sonny's brother suffered when his daughter died with Polio and their father suffered when he watched his brother died and didn't do anything.They all handled their suffering in a different way whether it was with music or the way they would present themselves.Baldwin uses darkness and light as the darkness is Sonny suffering to his addiction and light as his brother being the educated one that lived life as what he thought was the right way to live it. Sonny's blues by James Baldwin has several themes.The theme of music and the theme of suffering were very important in this story because they all suffered in life and with their relationships.Music helped Sonny with his addiction and it also helped the brothers with their