Sonny's Blues is the first-person narrative of the musician's older brother struggling with heroin addiction and problems with the law. However, upon closer inspection, it appears that Sonny's unnamed brother is also very upset. His difficulties cannot be easily perceived and recognized especially by the character himself. The story chronicles the problems Sonny's brother has in taking responsibility, understanding and respecting his younger brother's lifestyle. From the first lines of the story the reader gets the impression that Sonny's brother tries to hide, ignore the truth about his brother and his children. problems. The character's reaction to the newspaper article about Sonny was, "You couldn't believe it and I kept telling myself it" (Baldwin 292). At this stage his relationships with his younger brother are reminiscent of the way a teacher walks through the courtyard full of potentially problematic children “even though he or she couldn't wait to get out of that courtyard, to get those kids out of their sight. their minds” (Baldwin 293). Having some suspicions about Sonny ...