Eleanor's Post

For me, it was quite hard to decide whether Sonny's Blues was inspiring or just pessimistic. It could be pessimistic because of the setting, a lonely New York road, or because of Sonny's heroin addiction. However I believe it is inspiring. One of the theme's, 'if you stick with what you love everything will eventually work out' just makes me want to jump up and go. It's also inspiring because of the way it has been written. A sort of a hill. The story starts off all sad and depressing at the bottem of the hill. Although, when the brothers realize that they have each other, and that they can work together, the story starts climbing up. Then when Sonny is in the bar doing what he does best, the story makes it to the top.