Short Story #2 (Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin): Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin is a story about two brothers difficult lives growing up in Harlem and how poverty affects one’s opportunity to live a comfortable life. Throughout reading it becomes clear that despite going different paths in their lives the brothers are both imprisoned in some …show more content…
Krebs tries telling stories of the war to everyone, but nobody seems to care because they only want to believe in the heroism of war, not the sad and gruesome stories that Krebs experienced. Throughout reading it becomes evident of the conformities society expects Krebs to make in order to fit in. This is similar to War Correspondent in that both Steinbeck and Krebs want to help ordinary people understand the “behind the scenes” of war instead of just believing the lies that society wants them