The narrator didn’t understand what his mother was asking from him until after Sonny’s incarceration. Baldwin shows how the narrator seems to blame himself for not being there for his brother, but instead builds upon their relationship by being openly mind and understanding. The element of figurative language showing symbolism was from music. The importance of music seems to be a key component in this story. Music expresses and resolves the conflict, creating a form of unity between the two brothers. The narrator’s opposing views of jazz music help creates conflict between him and his brother. The deep passion for jazz music Sonny had seemed to be overshadowed by his brother, just not caring to actually try understanding. “I simply couldn’t see why on earth he’d want to spend his time hanging around nightclubs, clowning around on bandstands, while people pushed each other around a dance floor” (86). “I had never thought about it before, had never been forced to, but I suppose I had always put jazz musicians in a class with what Daddy called “good-time people” (86). Music also resolved the conflict between the brothers. The nightclub experience between Sonny and his brother creates the understanding the brothers seem to lack of each
The narrator didn’t understand what his mother was asking from him until after Sonny’s incarceration. Baldwin shows how the narrator seems to blame himself for not being there for his brother, but instead builds upon their relationship by being openly mind and understanding. The element of figurative language showing symbolism was from music. The importance of music seems to be a key component in this story. Music expresses and resolves the conflict, creating a form of unity between the two brothers. The narrator’s opposing views of jazz music help creates conflict between him and his brother. The deep passion for jazz music Sonny had seemed to be overshadowed by his brother, just not caring to actually try understanding. “I simply couldn’t see why on earth he’d want to spend his time hanging around nightclubs, clowning around on bandstands, while people pushed each other around a dance floor” (86). “I had never thought about it before, had never been forced to, but I suppose I had always put jazz musicians in a class with what Daddy called “good-time people” (86). Music also resolved the conflict between the brothers. The nightclub experience between Sonny and his brother creates the understanding the brothers seem to lack of each