'A Literary Analysis Of Sonny's Blues'

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In the story of Sonny’s Blues, The narrator is intrigued by a student’s whistling. “A boy was whistling a tune it wasn’t very complicated and even simple. It was like the tune was pouring out of him as though he were a bird, and it sounded very cool.This tune was moving through all that harsh, bright air, only just holding its own through all those other sounds" (176). In this quote the reader is supposed to remember at that moment that there will be sounds over top of one another, voice imposed upon, and even a chorus of voices that might be common with the music of jazz. But the story generally talks about the separation foundations of community and family through the eyes of an algebra aka the narrator and his brother Sonny who becomes a

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