This is the first time I've read “Sonny's Blues”. I think the reason why this short story was successfully written is that it is great at portraying the character and details of the story. Author James Baldwin uses excellent literary elements to describe the development of the story. I want to analyze the title, plot, and use of flashbacks in this short story. The first thing we will do to read an article is usually read the title. Furthermore, the title could become the reason to start reading an article. Like me, I sometimes look at a news headline that interests me and then choose to read it. So, I think a good title will make your article more attractive. “Sonny Blues”, this title seems to have two meanings. The Story of Sonny and the Story of Sonny's Blues. These two meanings are connected to each other. Sonny's story includes his life, his music and the struggle of his inner world. Sonny's Blues focuses on talks about his musical life. When we read about Sonny's life we ​​might use the mood of sympathy to think about his encounter. He felt limited in his teenage life and can't seem to find a good way to adapt his struggle. In my opinion, the second child in the family may receive less attention than the older child. Sonny is the youngest child and thinks that his parents cannot understand him very well. So he buried the struggle in his heart and didn't share it with others. Sonny's life is connected to his music and I think the title combines those two things very well. It helps the reader understand the story the author wants to tell. During the reading process, the author also writes more details about his title. For example, when Sonny tries to explain to his brother why he does drugs and something about playing the piano, but his brother doesn't... middle of paper... It became real to me again. " (36) It seems to be setting the stage for later. And he saw the younger students and they reminded him to remember Sonny at that age. Another flashback, as if Sonny's brother saw their mother alive the last time. This flashback tells the mother that he is afraid to live and that no one will take care of Sonny. In Sonny's letter he mentioned "Send my love to Isabel and the children and I was certainly sorry to hear about little Gracie." 40) I think this sentence made the narrator feel once again how difficult it was for the lost family and realize that he could not lose Sonny And the narrator decides to understand his little brother and help him Most of all, usually we have mixed emotions about things we don't understand very clearly. Just like the narrator thought that music was the reason Sonny used drugs. Sometimes, if we take time to learn about it, we might find differences or novelties.