Exposition: Sonny's arrest and a meeting with Sonny's friend(-p.78)
Rising Action:
-Narrator's reunion with Sonny(driving home scene, pp.78-80)
-Flashback 1(Mom's story of their uncle's death, pp.82-85)
-Flashback 2(Narrator's confrontation with Sonny about his dream of becoming a Jass musician, pp.85-88))
-Flashback 3(Sonny's fleeing from Isabel's family and enlistment with Navy, pp.89-90)
Climax: the second confrontation of Narrator and Sonny(p.90)
Falling Action: Grace's death and Narrator's conversation with Sonny(pp.90-96)
Resolution and Denouement: Nightclub scene(pp.96-100)
Reading of a few passages from "Sonny's Blues"
1. Exposition(pp.74-78)
-the way the important facts are revealed to the readers(pp.76-77)
2. Rising Action(pp.78-90)
-Narrator's reunion with Sonny(driving home scene, pp.78-80): going back to the past the two brothers share
-Flashback 1(Mom's story of their uncle's death, pp.82-84)
-Flashback 2(Narrator's confrontation with Sonny about his dream of becoming a Jass musician, pp.85-88)
-Flashback 3(Sonny's fleeing from Isabel's family and enlistment with Navy, pp. 89-90)
3. Climax: the second confrontation of Narrator and Sonny(pp.90)
4. Falling Action: Grace's death(pp.90-91): the theme of "suffering," a sacrifice.
Narrator's conversation with Sonny listening to an old-fashioned revival meeting(p.91-96): a hint of redemption
5. Resolution and Denouement: Nightclub scene(pp.96-100): the narrator's recognition of the value of the music Sonny has devoted himself to, "the cup of trembling" as a sign of forgiveness and redemption.
Charlie "Bird" Parker, "Groovin' High"
"Am I Blue"
"Am I Blue?"
Ain't these tears in my eyes telling you
Am I blue, you'd be too
If each plan with your man done fell through
Was a time I was his only one
But now I'm the sad and lonely one, lonely
Was I gay till today
Now he's gone and we're through, am I blue
Was I gay till today
Now he's gone and we're through, am I blue
Oh he's gone, he left me, am I blue