In Sonny’s Blues the narrator was a bit apprehensive towards Sonny’s music and passion for playing the piano. He felt that it would only drag Sonny back down the same road to heroin use that he had recovered from. At the same time the narrator showed a great deal of love toward his brother because he kept his promise to his mother to look out for Sonny. When the narrator sees Sonny perform in the nightclub, he notices that’s the way Sonny escapes his problems. The narrator also at that same moment realized, he too is in a way like his brother, looking …show more content…
After Emily was born, her mother started leaving her with a care giver that she disliked. Emily’s mother was not around during the time when a child wants to cling and bond with the parent. This is a very crucial time in a child’s life, and this causes the initial dent in their future relationship. Emily’s mother then has a second child and she can’t be reassured of her mother’s love because all the attention must be given to the newborn. Emily is then kept from her sibling because she gets the measles. By this time Emily is becoming use to the absence of her mother. Emily goes away to a care home and by the time her mother has the time to actually get close with daughter, Emily has grown distant with her mother and is not accepting the sudden change. At the end the mother realizes that Emily is a product of her environment and even thought she may want a relationship now, Emily may