Blues

James Baldwin’s “Sonny Blues” and Katie Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” are two short stories showing conflict characters feel as though they have been release free from. Baldwin’s character Sonny conflict with his family not understanding his life struggles and was release by the show of him playing jazz music to help them understand. Jazz music was used to help reveal the stories. The character Louise Mallard from “The Story of an Hour” had the conflict of being not her own person and viewed…

could see the color blue until modern times,” Loria writes how blue was not used to describe objects until more modern times. The author traced the use of each color in a language and culture and saw a pattern of the emergence of the use of each color. Black and white were the first colors to appear, and blue was the last to appear. The sky and ocean were not described as blue and used other colors and words to describe the color. I believe just because we did not used the word “blue” to…

afflicted brothers in Harlem, James Baldwin's Sonny's Blues is told from the point of view of Sonny's brother, whose name is never revealed to readers. This short story illustrates the brothers' struggle with living in the projects of Harlem, cultural issues, and their own inner demons. As the two brothers combat their interior conflicts and exterior environmental toils, they are reunified through a common theme in the story: musical expression. Sonny's Blues is a story of how music can create…

Ethnography Review Jackson, Travis. 2012. Blowin’ the Blues Away: Performance and Meaning on the New York Jazz Scene. Berkeley: University of California Press. Book Overview: Blowin’ the Blues Away: Performance and Meaning on the New York Jazz Scene is an ethnography by Travis Jackson, detailing the study of Jazz music in America. Jackson starts off by questioning of what exactly Jazz is, and how inclusive the word Jazz really is. He hopes to provide an examination of not just the music but…

including a blue-shellacked series from Columbia during the 1930s and chocolate colored pressings from a budget label “Perfect Records” prior to the 1930s. In 1949 when RCA Victor launched their 45-RPM format they began color-coding their records based on genre calcification. They classifications are as follows: Black Vinyl – Pop Pressings (Prefix 47) Green Vinyl – Country Music (Prefix 48) Red Vinyl - “Red Seal” Classical Pressings (Prefix 49) Orange-Rose “Cerise” Vinyl – R&B (Prefix 50) Sky…

Thirteen Reasons Why Some ask what does the color blue represent, wondering if it is more than just a color. Blue is most commonly used to portray sad emotions in artistic mediums. This practice is demonstrated in the book, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, where blue is a prevalent theme evoking a sense of sadness. Hannah Baker, one of the main characters, mentions blue numerous times throughout the entire novel to represent her feelings of depression. Blue is a recurring theme consistently…

In the paper the intention is to break down and analyze the book, “Blues Legacies and Black Feminism”, by author Angela Y. Davis. The authors background will be introduced with a basic biography followed by an in-depth analysis of the author’s educational background to give the author credibility to this topic. Mrs. Angel Yvonne Davis was born on the 26th day of January in Birmingham, Alabama. She was born in a time period in one of the most known segregated area in the south. She grew up in…

Although the films The Blue Angel and the Titanic are very different, they do have a few similarities. In The Blue Angel, Immanuel Rath and Lola Lola embodied the contradiction of the provocative young female and a wretched old man in a relationship. Seductive Lola Lola embraces her sexuality through being a cabaret dancer and singer. Rath, the professor is stern, lonesome and much respected because of his profession. Rath meets Lola Lola in the process of punishing his pupils for distributing…

Many people find themselves searching for their purpose in the world whether they find it early or later in life. In the story “Sonny's Blues” by James Baldwin talks about a character named Sonny, who is searching for his purpose in the world because he feels trapped in a dark place called Harlem in New York City. With the power of music Sonny, was able to find his purpose that he was always searching for. The powerful music that not only saved him but, saved other souls as well. As many…

The blues has been one of the oldest and most influential genres of music and its scope of difference has spurred widespread differential scopes. Because of this, music has been able to reach out to zones it was unexpected, taking different forms and incorporating different aspects to make each piece of work produced a masterpiece worth memorable for generations. This essay will look into some of the famous artists of the twentieth century who composed songs that were considered a foundation for…