sonny's blue
In James Baldwinˇ¦s story Sonny's Blues, ˇ§bluesˇ¨ plays a very important part, even the story itself is a ˇ§bluesˇ¨, there is a mood of unhappy throughout the whole story. Also, this is a story about being safe and taking risk, and between the meaning of ˇ§bluesˇ¨ itself and for the story, we can some relations in terms of this theme. ˇ§Bluesˇ¨ is a kind of music that to express a sad mood. It is synonymous with low spirits and depressed emotion. The ˇ§bluesˇ¨, both as a state of being and as music, are basic to the structure of the story, and both the narrator and his brother Sonny have had their share. The contradictory lives of the two brothers contribute to the theme of being safe and take risks.