What is the meaning of “Family”? According to the English dictionary the meaning of family is the father mother and the child. This is the basic definition of “Family’’. In general people see the word family as to the people we are somehow related to by birth. Family for me is more than that is more about those people who open the life door and let us in, like friends and in-law relatives. The meaning can differ different meaningful things and it all depends on when and how we use it. In the story “sonny’s blues” by Baldwin James, the theme family was out in a situation very common now a days because there’s always the “bad” son/daughter who is the trouble of the family. There is always “that” older/younger sibling who feel they have the
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“… ‘You mean you want to be a drummer?’ I somehow had the feeling that being a drummer might be all right for other people but not for my brother sonny (Baldwin 282).” As a family we sometimes assumed that our family will be right behind us supporting our choices and helping us guide us to where our goal is but, most of the time family are the people that tell you not to do it because is just not the thing for you. As a sibling I think I don’t have the right to tell anyone from my family what they should or shouldn’t do. We as a group should just give advice and let them choose their path. In “sonny’s blues” the brother instead for telling him that he is proud of him and to go out the e be a got getter, he doesn’t believe in him brother and is doubting his capability of becoming a …show more content…
Or they don’t really realize that instead of helping us out by criticizing us they are hurting us by putting us down. We sometimes tend to compete with each other and make it so to motivate one another, but sometimes the envy of siblings is so strong that it becomes a real competition to be better than our siblings.
In conclusion, family is a word that has different kind of meaning depending on how you use it and who you consider your family. As for sonny’s blues both of the brothers knew that they only had each other and that no matter what his older brother was going to always be there for him. After all he went through, his brother always knew he was a good kid and that if he really wanted he was going to make it all the way like he did. We as family we might hate each other but, is a hate/ love type of thing that only members of the family know
“… ‘You mean you want to be a drummer?’ I somehow had the feeling that being a drummer might be all right for other people but not for my brother sonny (Baldwin 282).” As a family we sometimes assumed that our family will be right behind us supporting our choices and helping us guide us to where our goal is but, most of the time family are the people that tell you not to do it because is just not the thing for you. As a sibling I think I don’t have the right to tell anyone from my family what they should or shouldn’t do. We as a group should just give advice and let them choose their path. In “sonny’s blues” the brother instead for telling him that he is proud of him and to go out the e be a got getter, he doesn’t believe in him brother and is doubting his capability of becoming a …show more content…
Or they don’t really realize that instead of helping us out by criticizing us they are hurting us by putting us down. We sometimes tend to compete with each other and make it so to motivate one another, but sometimes the envy of siblings is so strong that it becomes a real competition to be better than our siblings.
In conclusion, family is a word that has different kind of meaning depending on how you use it and who you consider your family. As for sonny’s blues both of the brothers knew that they only had each other and that no matter what his older brother was going to always be there for him. After all he went through, his brother always knew he was a good kid and that if he really wanted he was going to make it all the way like he did. We as family we might hate each other but, is a hate/ love type of thing that only members of the family know