Eduardo, Ricardo, and Shawn's blog on Sonny's Blues. We talk about the many themes in Sonny's Blues such as power vs. powerlessness, music, the Harlem Renaissance, and drugs. We thought this was an amazing story and thought a blog will be a great way to further analyze the story. With these themes being different and talked about in different parts of the blog you will realize that most of these themes are connected and have an effect on one another. Enjoy our blog!
Popular Music of the time period was Jazz music, played live in clubs which many people would go to see live performances and dance along with he music
Drugs, Specifically heroin, the drug of choice for Sonny
Harlem Renaissance