https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp Sonny's Blues Project en-us 2019-09-24 18:42:24 UTC 2025-12-15 18:42:36 UTC hello@padlet.com banackda https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/395084455 This essay helped me understand the emotion behind the story, such as what the narrator felt when he learned of Sonny's arrest, and how they were forced to be split apart when he went to war.]]> 2019-10-08 15:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/395084455 banackda https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/395091074 Through watching this video, I got a better understanding of Sonny's emotions by seeing his expressions while playing the piano, especially in the beginning. I also saw how hard the narrator and Sonny tried to set aside their differences.]]> 2019-10-08 15:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/395091074 banackda https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/396147698 This image depicts the darkness surrounding Sonny while he plays his music. He was battling adversity and suffering throughout his life, and he put that into his performing.]]> 2019-10-10 13:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/396147698 banackda https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/396150343 The quote, " Indeed, the narrator takes action to help his brother, but only on the narrator's terms; he attempts to make Sonny like himself. And this is the problem of epistemic addiction: one strives to "know" others without regard for their alterity such that one tries to make others like the self" (Golden), helps me understand why the narrator and Sonny struggled to get along and why the narrator struggled to understand Sonny, and it was because of the fact that Sonny had an aspiration that the narrator knew nothing about.]]> 2019-10-10 13:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/396150343 banackda https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/396272077 The quote, "Part of Baldwin's quest was to use music, especially the blues, as a key to unlock the mysteries of his identity as an exile, an artist, a black American in a racially hostile era, and a boy preacher who turned against his church", helps me understand why music was a strong theme in "Sonny's Blues". Baldwin turned to music to work his way out of adversity, and that is exactly what Sonny did in the story as he battled being an African American and a drug addict.]]> 2019-10-10 16:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/396272077 banackda https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/396276520 2019-10-10 16:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/396276520 banackda https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/396276727 2019-10-10 16:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/396276727 banackda https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/396277027 2019-10-10 16:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/396277027 banackda https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/396277625 2019-10-10 16:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/banackda/eblnshyjvmhp/wish/396277625