"Sonny's Blues"

I enjoyed this story, mainly for the fact that it reunites family through a sense of understanding. Apparently the brothers never had a history of a close brotherly relationship. I understant the narrator's role in Sonny's life after his parents passed away, which made for an even more difficult connection between the boys. Not to mention, they are very different in the ways they look at their lives and future, and the ways they deal with situation life throws at them. The older brother is obviously more responsible and knowledgeable, while Sonny is carefree and more likely to fall under pressure. It is Sonny's addiction that brings the brothers back together. The narrator initially did not know how to go about dealing with the news, whether he should contact his brother or not. However, it took his own trouble of dealing with the loss of his daughter to realize Sonny's trouble and how in need of family he is at this time of his life. The sense of understanding that reunites the brothers, is due to the willingness on each other's own part to accept the agreements as well as the disagreements or faults in his brother's life. It wasn't until the narrator actually took the time to witness Sonny's music, that he finally understood the importance of it to his brother, and how Sonny could make a difference with his music. "For, while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard. There isn't any other rale to tell, it's the only light we've got in all this darkness."