https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t en-us 2018-10-14 00:57:33 UTC 2025-08-23 10:38:34 UTC hello@padlet.com furniakm https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292579969 Sonny's Blues]]> 2018-10-14 19:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292579969 furniakm https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292583016 Sonny's Blues]]> 2018-10-14 19:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292583016 furniakm https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292599181 Personal Experience]]> 2018-10-14 21:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292599181 furniakm https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292599320 I think Sonny's Blues in the common reading this year because drugs have become a big issue in today's world. Sonny ended up in a bad position when he was using drugs but in the end he pulled his life together and proved to himself that he can do good. It proves a point that even if someone has a bad past it doesn't mean that they can't make it up and pull through with a college degree or some type of success. Even if the issue isn't substance abuse, it is a very good life lesson that no matter how big of a hole you've dug yourself into there's always a way out and there will always be a chance to do better. ]]> 2018-10-14 21:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292599320 furniakm https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292600232 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMtwIXewHu0
This video gives a summary overview of the story of Sonny's Blues and could help someone better understand the novel. ]]> 2018-10-14 21:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292600232 furniakm https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292601368 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP7UhJjPOVs
This video was interesting because it came from the staff and peers of Le Moyne. It gave a thorough overview of what point Sonny's Blues is trying to get across. ]]> 2018-10-14 21:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292601368 furniakm https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292601704 https://genius.com/James-baldwin-sonnys-blues-annotated
This text relates Sonny's Blues to real life situations for people who understand better with real life scenarios. ]]> 2018-10-14 21:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292601704 furniakm https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292607688  The word "safe" is the note that takes us into the third movement, to time past when Sonny's father claimed there was "no place safe" (p. 96).

Goldman, Suzy Bernstein. “James Baldwin's ‘Sonny's Blues’: A Message in Music.” Negro American Literature Forum, vol. 8, no. 3, 1974, pp. 231–233. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3041461.


This quote helps me understand the transition of the meaning of "safe" in Sonny's fathers time and then the narrator and Sonny's time. ]]> 2018-10-14 22:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292607688 furniakm https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292611878 "All at once something inside gave and threatened to come pouring out of me. I didn't hate him any more. I felt that in another moment I'd start crying like a child" (p. 173).

Burnett, Whit. Black Hands on a White Face: a Time-Piece of Experiences in a Black and White America: an Anthology. Dodd, Mead, 1971.
This quote really stood out because the narrator and Sonny were never close growing up. The comment about not hating Sonny anymore proves that the narrator realizes that he should start treating Sonny differently and start caring about him more. ]]> 2018-10-14 23:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/furniakm/5vpccmxiww4t/wish/292611878