Sonny’s Blues – Write at least two complete sentences in response to the following (no more
than 500 total words, include word count at end of page):
1. Analyze the narrator of “Sonny’s Blues.” What is the significance of his profession?
2. How does the narrator’s suffering re-connect him to his brother?
3. What is this story primarily about? Support your answer with reasons and evidence from the
story.
4. Why does his mother tell the narrator the story about his uncle’s death?
You may enumerate your responses or write in paragraph form.
Use Times New Roman Font, 12- point letter size and double space and proper MLA
heading. See the attached MLA format Sample essay.
