Kimo's Post

"One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do....." this quote from the song One, says it all- that with loneliness comes nothing but despair and sadness. In Sonny's Blues, Sonny was on his own for a while. Because his brother kept pushing him out, Sonny channeled his sadness by finding a new group of friends, the other musicians, even though his loneliness wasn't entirely relinquished until he retied bonds with his brother. In Winter Dreams, Dexter Green seems to be the most successful young man that you'd ever meet-unless you did meet him, and then you would see the loneliness that consumes him. Because Dexter was not able to find a loving relationship with Judy Jones, instead he filled the void in his mind with an imaginary one with the old Judy Jones. Once the subject of her came up and his picture of her was destroyed, Dexter finally crumbled to the loneliness that even would hold him for the rest of his life. Though loneliness might seem like an uncontrollable force, there will always be someone there that can help you through the hardest of times.