In “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin, the narrator comes to a realization at the end of the story as he listens to Sonny play and finally understands something about himself. Through the story, the narrator has many negative negative feelings towards music and those who do it as a profession. Some of these feelings include “that being a drummer might be all right for other people but not for my brother Sonny” and “it’s not going to be funny when you have to make your living at [being a musician]” (Baldwin 134). Near the end of the story, the narrator's view begins to change. Before Sonny plays, the narrator analysis what he knows about musi,. “All I know about music is that not many people hear it. And even then, on the rare occasions when
