Sonny's Blues 2

In the story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin, we see many uses of symbolism. Symbolism is the most critical literary technique that Baldwin uses to achieve the intense connection to the characters that the reader feels in “Sonny’s Blues”. “Sonnys Blues” is a story about the relationship of two brothers and how they deal with their two different lives. This story is also about a family member coping with another family member’s …

…that the narrator has with understanding his brother throughout the entire story. Through Baldwin’s superior writing skill the reader can relate to the problem of two brothers trying to find a common ground. In short, the story “Sonny’s Blues” is a story about two brothers trying to see eye-to- eye, yet the vehicle which carries this story into the heart of the reader is the metaphor, which is used flawlessly by James Baldwin.