"Sonny's Blues"

The short story "Sonny's Blues" written by James Baldwin is about a young man who is addicted to Heroin and the story is written in his brother's point of view. The narrator, Sonny's brother, doesn't understand why his brother does drugs. When Sonny finally comes to live with his brother he begins to open up and tell his brother about the pain he feels and what it feels like to be high. He then asks his brother to come to the club where he plays the piano. His brother goes and listens to him and can hear the pain in the music played by the band. It is the first time the brother has really ever felt anything by music and the story ends there with the brother starting to understand Sonny from a different perspective.