His own brother even throughout the story thought that Sonny wanted to take his own life because he still thought he was a drug addict and throughout the story believe he did drugs because he didn’t want to keep living anymore. The truth, however was that Sonny did drugs as way to express himself as he did when he would play blues on the piano. In this aspect Sonny was able to teach his brother that things weren’t how the society described them or how his own friends say they were. He thought his Brother that everyone had their own problems and showed him that society had a way of changing the stories of drug addicts and musician’s life’s and why they do
His own brother even throughout the story thought that Sonny wanted to take his own life because he still thought he was a drug addict and throughout the story believe he did drugs because he didn’t want to keep living anymore. The truth, however was that Sonny did drugs as way to express himself as he did when he would play blues on the piano. In this aspect Sonny was able to teach his brother that things weren’t how the society described them or how his own friends say they were. He thought his Brother that everyone had their own problems and showed him that society had a way of changing the stories of drug addicts and musician’s life’s and why they do