Brother Of Sonny

Submitted By BaileySchaack
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The Brother of Sonny

Bailey Schaack

Story Essay
Mrs. Harris
February 8, 2013
Sonny doesn’t choose the path that his older brother feels is the “right” one. As a result Sonny’s older brother doesn’t have much to do with him at times and at others try to take over Sonny’s life instead of trying to help him through his tough times. Sonny’s brother makes a promise with their mother and after a few failed attempts finally follows through with his promise after a tragic event in his life.
First, Sonny’s older brother believes that it is his duty to protect Sonny. When Sonny was home from the army, his mom told him a story about his dad and told him to “hold on to your bother and don’t let him fall, no matter what it looks like is happening to him and no matter how evil you gets with him.” The brother made the promise to do that, but fails on this promise when he goes back to the army. Once his mother dies he remembers his promises and tries to learn something about Sonny. Sonny tells him he wants to become a musician but his brother doesn’t think that is a career and becomes hard headed about it. After awhile the brother forgets his promise again and they go their separate ways. After Sonny gets put in jail and the brother’s daughter dies, the brother starts to protect Sonny again. He starts to reconnect with Sonny, but is always looking for signs that Sonny might fall back into drugs. In the end, the brother fulfils his duty of protecting Sonny.
Second, Sonny’s older brother’s daughter dies which is really hard on Sonny’s brother. Losing his daughter makes the brother realize that he doesn’t want to lose another loved one. “When I finally did, it was just after my little girl died; he wrote me back a letter.” The brother starts to get back into Sonny’s life and keeps in touch with Sonny while he is still in rehab. All in all, it has to do with