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A 4 page paper which examines how a reader can understand the novel “Sonny’s Blues” better by knowing something of the life of the author James Baldwin. No sources cited.
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that we do know something about and this generally influences our perceptions of the work. For example, most people know something of the life and persona of Ernest Hemingway and
as we know the man who wrote the stories. And, then there are those works which we know, from the beginning, are semi autobiographical and this clearly gives a kind
of an edge in understanding the story better. In essence, if we know something of the author of a story we are reading we can gain a deeper insight into
the story itself, a deeper understanding of the conditions the story addresses. This is very much the case with the author James Baldwin and his story "Sonnys Blues." The following
paper examines how we can understand his story better by knowing something of his life. James Baldwin and "Sonnys Blues" "Sonnys
Blues" is the story of two brothers in Harlem. They are two young men who have tried to find their way in life, with Sonny essentially losing out in a
world he cannot perhaps understand or deal with. The setting of Harlem is incredibly significant when we know that the author was born and grew up in the same area.
This is a very unique place in our society and people who grew up in Harlem often have experiences and stories that most people could never understand. In this we
realize that Baldwins depictions are taken from real life, not from imagining what life in Harlem was like, and not from information he has taken from those who lived in
Harlem. He knows what he speaks of in these regards. Another aspect that relates to the setting of Harlem and a sense
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