Sonny's Blues Literary Analysis

Do you ever wonder why people have the need to tell their suffering to others? Why do we need to testify our suffering or our problems, and have a witness there to listen to them and actually care? Is there a problem when people don’t want to hear the need for the stories of the lives of others In the short story “Sonny’s Blues” the main character of the story Sonny endures the theme of suffering and in the process turns to drugs. there is seen a clear pattern of need for story telling, suffering, In the short story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin I will argue how that Sonny’s Blues implemented all three issues of suffering, function of storytelling, and the need for witness and testify, and how different types of suffering can connect together. When discussing the role for witness and testifying there is a big gap between Sonny and the Narrator views. Throughout the story their is clear pattern that Sonny needs and is trying to testify to his brother all the suffering and darkness that is being implemented into his life, but in order for him to do that there needs to be a witness present. The Narrator is not willing to witness or rather hear all the …show more content…
Stone state that even though Grace is seen as a common name, the author James Baldwin uses Grace because of it’s biblical stance. Even after Baldwin renounced his faith, he was known for using biblical senses in his stories. As Stone explains even though Grace is only mentioned a couple times throughout the story, Grace and death are seen as symbolic and paradoxical to division and reconciliation of the two brothers. Grace in the bible means unmerited favor the unmerited favor of God. After the falling of Grace and dealing with the darkness and pain he is