Sonny's Blues

Sonny really enjoys jazz, but his brother thinks that it is stupid that Sonny likes jazz. Sonny would go into conversations about how he wanted to be a jazz player, but his brother would just dismiss it as if it was nothing. The reason behind this i think is because the narrator wanted to keep his past behind him and not linger but then later in the story he let it go somewhat which changed his opinion some on the jazz. Sonny and the narrator were alienated to each other because even though they came from the same place they each handled the situation of their childhood in a different way. Sonny went to join the navy and resorted to drugs because they were raised in a poverty stricken area with temptations on every corner. The narrator, however, bottled up all his feelings and kept to himself so he could make it. Once he had grown up he had made something of himself, he was a teacher and had a nice family. They were both alienated though from the community, being sheltered children they were apart of a world with drugs and many other bad temptations and had to try to avoid them.I think the name of the daughter was Grace because of the meaning. Grace is peaceful. It describes a tranquility that you receive but haven't earned, and shouldn't be getting it in the first place. Once Grace died I think it brought them together as a metaphoric meaning that she brought peace, or grace, between them. I think from then on they gain a bond and "redeem" each other so that they are much closer than the way they were at the beginning of the stories.