AS AM 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Japanese Americans, Bhagat Singh Thind, Silk Road
Document Summary
Preacher within his church in his teens, then turned away toward writing (his relationship to his religious life is present, god and grace- central parts of the story) Music as a way where characters are connected) Went to france early in his life to distance himself from us (better understand us while away from it, distance allows them to see what is going on) Artistic form of expression = freedom, identity; artistic style that is a method of coping. Reflection of what sonny is experiencing as an african american man. Sonny: out there is cold, dark, and funky ; words that mean a lot more than they are denotatively understood. The story of two brothers and their family (interested in relationships; not finding out who killed who, who died, etc. ) The social context: harlem after world war 2. The blues as form and aesthetic vision of the world as the characters understand it. Narrator reads about sonny going to jail.
