Reflection Of Sonny's Blues

In “Sonny’s Blues”, the two brothers reconnect after much time a part as each attempts to recover from pain in their lives. The narrator and Sonny are facing different difficulties in life and find solace in being with one another as they share a past pain, and find a way to heal by who they surround themselves. The people, the culture, and the way they choose to live helps find a way to heal from their own, by empowering them. Sonny’s use of music helps him find healing, The connection the characters have as brothers helps them reconnect and recover, and shows that to be surrounded by peers who uplift you and push you forward helps you grow past your pain. Reilly examines the relationship Sunny has with music to point out that Sonny has and continues to use it as a form of healing. He first uses it at an early age taking him to being badly influenced and then finds it again after being released and using it to recover. In the first occasion, Sonny had just lost his mother and was casted off to live with strangers. He “…was so serious about his music and how, as soon as he came in from school, or wherever he had been when he was supposed to be at school, he went …show more content…
Sonny was able to find this from those those he played on stage with. As it’s proven that “the benefits of social support for recovery (which may take the form of information or practical assistance, emotional support and a sense of belonging) appear to be dependent on the degree to which those providing support are perceived to be relevant, similar and connected to the self.” Which is what Sonny did with his support being fans of music and his band who gave him a sense of belonging that he needed to successfully recover. Sonny was able to use music and grow a community, one that provided him emotional