Comments/Questions/Notes

The story "Sonny's Blues" was good but depressing in a lot of ways. For starters its about a brother who has an addiction to herion. That alone is depressing enough. The more depressing theme in this story is the relationship between the two brothers. From the time they were young the Sonny and his older brother never had a real close reltionship. A part of the story that pissed me off was the way the older brother was so close minded and strict about Sonny's life. Its my feeling that Sonny's older brother is somewhat to blame for Sonnys poor decisions. When Sonny expressed to his brother his want to get out of Harlem and do something big with his life, all his brother could say was thats not a good idea, you need to stay here. If Sonny would have gotten out of Harlem there is a good chance he wouldnt have become a herion addict. The only real uplifting part of the story was the very end when both brothers were in the bar and Sonny was playing. Finally his older brother understood what drove Sonny and his passion, and they finally kind of conected.


"Videotape" is pretty disturbing. I tried to put myself into the girl who was videotaping shoes. I couldnt imagine sitting there not doing anything just rolling my camera and all of a suddent, someone your watching gets shot in the neck. I have never seen anybody get killed, and I'm not sure how I would react. Im pretty sure the girl that was videotaping might have some problems when she grows up, she'll probably have to go see a shrink.