The short story "Sonny's Blues" is about the life of the narrator and his brother, Sonny, who was caught using heroin. Sonny was locked up for a while, but once he got out he went to live with his brother. Later in the story, the two brothers had a talk to figure out who Sonny really is and what he wants to do with his life. Sonny says that he wants to be a jazz musician and play the piano. The narrator doesn't really understand this dream of his, but at the end of the story, he goes with Sonny to hear him play. "And I was yet aware that this was only a moment, that the world waited outside, as hungry as a tiger, and that trouble stretched above us, longer than the sky." (Baldwin, 117-118) While listening to Sonny play, memories start coming
