In the late 1960’s, when folk-rock music was at its height with groups like Peter, Paul and Mary and the Mamas and the Papas, a new, rather odd-looking duo made their debut and quickly rose to become the top act of the 1970’s. With astonishing record sales, the duo soon graduated to television during the ...
Sonny Corinthos (played by Maurice Benard) has been voted the # 2 “Top Actor” for the July 18th issue of ABC Soaps in Depth and has been the most notable male star on General Hospital for the last two years. What is it about this man that makes him so dynamic, charming, and irresistible? Here ...
Congressman Sonny Bono died in 1998. Was it a skiing accident or was it a cleverly designed assassination? Former FBI agent, Ted Gunderson says it was an assassination. Some call Ted Gunderson a conspiracy nut, some back up this theory. This is what Ted Gunderson has said so far. THEORY OF THE CRIME Gunderson says ...
In James Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues,” artistic expression creates a new language for the artist and his community in which to express the truth. The titular character is a jazz musician and heroin addict whose thirst to express the truth that lurks inside him is a powerful and even self-destructive urge. Yet this form ...
James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” is a story of two brothers living in a segregated Harlem during the late 1950’s. It is a story that tells of how each one reacts to the “blues” and how each one handles his own inner turmoil. It is a story that tells of the suffering they shared, the ideas ...
The siblings in the works Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, onny Blues by James Baldwin, and eath of a Salesman by Arthur Miller play significant roles in each other lives. The siblings in these works show a great amount of care and concern for one another, sometimes acting not only as ...
James Baldwin, a classic African American writer, writes “Sonny’s Blues” to show the differences between two brothers and the way that they deal with the world around them. This story clearly shows two extremes of the way people deal with the trials and tribulations of life. Sonny’s brother tries to insulate himself against the problems ...
A prominent, recurring theme in Sonny’s Blues is the conceptual tie between light and dark and the beliefs of the narrator and his brother, Sonny. In the traditional sense, light often symbolizes truth and enlightenment while darkness suggests the abysmal and totally contradicts any notions its opposite may kindle. It can be taken that the ...
Out in the far west Chicago suburb of West Chicago, Illinois one will find a gem of a pumpkin farm for all ages. The farm known as Sonny Acres has been operating for over a hundred years and is open all year. The farm sells everything from flowers in the spring to Christmas Trees in ...
Through figurative language and an enticing plot, James Baldwin develops the life of Sonny through the narration of his brother, creating a theme of redemption. Although, Richard N. Albert holds a different opinion within his critical article, The Jazz-Blues Motif In James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues. Albert focuses on the theme of coming together through blues ...
