Sibling Influence in The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich and Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin

Family units are always an important part of everyone's growth. Of course, the image of parents has an overwhelming influence on the maturity of children, but the interaction between brothers and sisters is equally important. Competition or alliance of siblings and sisters often outlines this relationship as one person opens the way to a social group of friends. By examining Louise Erdrich's short story "The Red Convertible" and James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues" you can understand the expression of brotherly love. Both are brother experiences due to drug separation and abuse.

James Baldwin analyzed Sonny 's blues, and in the story of Baldwin' s "Sony Blues" the story begins with Sony 's brother reading Sonny' s dilemma on the way. Sonny was arrested for "selling heroin and using it." He did not want to believe his older brother had problems. While teaching algebra classes, he is thinking about the past. He remembers when he first doubted that he used heroin. - James Baldwin 's Sony Blues "Sony Blues" tells the story of the two brothers, their past and their differences. Sonny was in jail and they were away for several years, but as they leave they have a chance to heal the past. "Sonny's Blues" is a story about the lessons of daily life. Feelings are depressed and make people reminiscent. My older brother remembered the mistake he made with him.

James Baldwin 's Sony Blues is a fascinating story about the relationship between Harlem' s two disturbed brothers. It is not mentioned. Baldwin chose Sonny 's brother as a talker and made "Sony' s Blues" important in explaining the relationship and emotional complexity between Sonny and his brothers. - We have learned a lot about his unnamed brothers of Sonny and Sonny's Blues. We learn about their customs, hobbies, biographies, even even addiction. We seemed to have learned almost everything about this pair; except for the name of the narrator as mentioned earlier. Listening to their history and the pain they have experienced, we see how they deal with their suffering, which often tells the truth the truth. Sonny's blues is not about the two brothers living in the rough city, one of which is a talented musician.