On page ... of the class anthology there is a work by James Baldwin entitled Sonny's Blues. What interests me about this work is the quote: “For although the story of how we suffer, how we are happy, and how we can triumph is never new, it must always be heard. There is no other story to tell, it is the only light we have in all this darkness." In this regard, the question I want to investigate is: why would a man like James Baldwin represent a character like Sonny in Sonny's Blues ?James Baldwin is a man of words thanks to his experiences in Harlem and this influences his writings and the person he has been with to this day. After reading Sonny's Blues, I came to my hypothesis that James Baldwin would relate to Sonny in Sonny's. At that time, Harlem was a place where art and music were at their peak, while there was also an involvement in drugs and violence. Sonny's Blues by James Baldwin, the unidentified narrator is a teacher in Harlem and finally escaped the unstable environment of Harlem and went on to create a decent and stable life for himself. The narrator's brother, Sonny, was addicted to drugs that landed him in prison world of drugs and violence in Harlem. He's a young black man who was trying to find himself in the world. He wasn't quite an adult but certainly not a child anymore. His dreams and desires of becoming a musician were quickly overturned by his brother, the unidentified narrator. This led him to feel constrained and lacking in courage. The narrator does not understand Sonny's desire to become a musician. This is why the brothers did not share a strong feeling. Toward the end of the story, after Sonny's extraordinary performance, the narrator saw how Sonny's struggles and dreams spilled out through his music. In other words, Baldwin's literary work, Sonny's Blues, is a story of suffering and triumph. These themes have been represented countless times in his other works as well. Throughout his life and in his literary works, James Baldwin sought to give meaning to the cruelty and hardships of life. This is exactly what Sonny tries to do with his music. This is also what James Baldwin did with his life. He believed these were the things worth writing about and these inspirations where they came from