Eddy Learns How to Read

"There was a long pause, while they talked up there in the indigo light and after awhile I saw the girl put a scotch and milk on top of the piano for Sonny.  He didn't seem to notice it, but just before they started playing again, he sipped from it and looked toward me, and nodded.  Then he put it back on top of the piano. For me, then, as the began to play again, it glowed and shook above my brother's head like the very cup of trembling" (48) In Sonny's Blues, the narrator is a Sonny's brother, who acts as both an observer and catalyst in his life.  Sonny, a "free" guy, wants to pursue jazz as a career as he notes several legends of the jazz era have.  In the introduction, he is shown to sell and use recreational drugs.  Additionally, he has caused trouble around the people he lived around.  Take for example, the narrator's in-laws and the tense relationship Sonny held with his father: it was mostly the result of his outrageously rebellious be...

Note: I want to take a second to make a different turn on my interpretation of Barbie-Q.  In my original interpretation, I thought of the story as a critique on the female image using the barbie doll as an example.  However, in order to relate it to current events, I wanted to try mirroring it with the current state of America's economy. In the story, the two sisters play with their barbies under certain financial conditions.  They can only afford a small amount of accessories and refuse to buy a "stupid-looking boy doll" as they would rather buy more accessories.  Instead, in their play-scenes, they imagine the Ken doll, as it is required for their subliminal plot.  As a result, they seem satisfied with their made-up scene as it lets their plot or story continue without disruption.  Later on, they discover that a nearby toy factory has burned down and its products (barbie dolls) are on sale at an extremely low price.  Despite the flaws that come wit...