After reading Baldwin's Sonny's Blues, I couldn't stop thinking about how it had affected me even though I had not gone through a similar experience myself. I just kept wondering what Baldwin had meant his story to be about. Had he wanted to talk about drug use? About the effects of drug addiction on a family?. I would dare say that his main interest laid in showing the complexity of human relationships. Sonny's Blues is …showed first 75 words of 773 total…

…showed last 75 words of 773 total…we would listen, that he would never be free until we did". It is at this point that he becomes fully aware of how important it is to both of them to share their inner feelings and to break the silence that has kept them apart for so long. It is at this point that we realise that it only takes listening and real understanding to prove your love and support to those around you.