Things are not always what they seem
https://creativeprinceness.blogspot.com/2020/06/my-message-to-whole-world.ht ml https://creativeprinceness.blogspot.com/2020/06/my-message-to-whole-world.htm. 10/19/12 E "Sonny's Blues" is a story about two brothers, one who is a good citizen who gives solutions to problems to help the community: as oppose to his youngest brother who is an artist. The tone of “Sonny’s Blues” is melancholy and reminiscent. The brother the narrator hides behind his appearance of high school teacher who seem very happy peaceful, successful with a wife and three children. In reality he completely tries to avoid his cultural identity of an African American who lived in Harlem because he does not want to accept Sonny’s problems and the dark reality of racism. He does not want to be a static just like his brother an Africa American who has supposedly become consumed by darkness. James Baldwin uses darkness as a metaphor to represent the troubl...