Journal on Sonny's Blues
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Journal:
Sonny’s Blues
In the statement, like his ideas on using the human connection to navigate trauma, joy,
and sorrow in
Sonny’s Blues
, Baldwin expresses a story of relationship, reconciliation, and
acceptance. I better connect with the themes on trauma, family relationships, and change in
Sonny’s Blues since they reveal how human relationships are crucial in uplifting and helping
each other. Despite the narrator and Sonny’s traumatic history, they remain wildly estranged and
disconnected. Baldwin states, “These boys…were filled with rage. All they knew were two
darknesses…which was now closing in on them” (1). At the story’s end, the narrator’s decision
to reconnect with Sonny guides him to understand Sonny’s decisions on music as a journey to
revitalization. The narrator saw Sonny’s face like he had “never seen before…things usually
hidden were being burned in” through his music and piano play (Baldwin 24). Therefore, the duo
resolved their turmoil and historical pain.
Like Baldwin’s story, the theme of change in
The Red Convertible
is outstanding and
guides the argument on human connectedness. I find the theme remarkable because it reveals
how change affects interactions. After Henry changes from his youthful recklessness, Lyman
barely notices, affecting their communication. Eventually, Henry’s death relates to his inability to
express change and communicate with Lyman. When Lyman suggests they pick some girls for
fun, Henry says, “They’re all crazy, the girls up here,” to express his disinterest and change from
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the past (Erdrich 113). Lyman misinterprets Henry’s suicidal action, leading to his death after he
drives the car into the river.
Also, I find Hansberry’s
A Raisin Sun
’s themes on money and dreams grand. I connect
with these themes since they reveal the value of human connection, relationships, and harmony.
The family loses human connection after Mama, Walter, Beneatha, and Ruth fail to harmonize
their dreams and desires on how to spend Big Walter’s life insurance payment that would
eradicate their poverty. For instance, Mama and Ruth cannot connect with Beneatha’s attempts at
self-realization and empowerment, and she points out that “I don’t expect you to understand”
(Hansberry, 51). Despite their common predicament of racial segregation, ethnic identity,
poverty, and desire to escape their deranged life, the lack of human connection and consensus on
money utilization kills their dream for change. It causes family conflict, disagreements, and
inferior decision-making.
In reading the three literature pieces, I am enthralled by the themes of change, family
trauma, money, and dreams. These themes emphasize the value of human connection,
understanding, and relationships in resolving critical and emerging issues. As a theme, change
illustrates that human connections and worthwhile relationships contribute to people’s resolve of
historical differences, achieving dreams, and embracing change.
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Work Cited
Baldwin, James.
Sonny’s Blues
. Reprint,
Penguin Books, 1995.
Erdrich, Louise.
The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008
. Harper, 2009.
Hansberry, Lorraine.
A Raisin in the Sun
. Reprint, Vintage, 2004.
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