Sonny's Blues
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"Sonny's Blues" is a widely acclaimed short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of suffering, family, and redemption through the relationship between two brothers in Harlem and the transformative power of jazz.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sonny's Blues canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3315115 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Sonny's Blues Context triple: [Going to Meet the Man, containsWork, Sonny's Blues]
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A.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain is James Baldwin’s seminal semi-autobiographical novel exploring race, religion, and family in early 20th-century Harlem.
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B.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is a 1940 novel by Carson McCullers that portrays the emotional isolation and inner lives of misfit characters in a small Depression-era Southern town.
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C.
My Father
"My Father" is a biographical book by Margery Durant that portrays the life and character of her father, automobile pioneer William C. Durant, co-founder of General Motors.
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D.
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son is James Baldwin’s influential 1955 collection of essays examining race, identity, and social injustice in mid-20th-century America.
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E.
The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist is a famous Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a gaunt, blind musician hunched over his guitar, known for its somber mood and monochromatic blue palette.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sonny's Blues Target entity description: "Sonny's Blues" is a widely acclaimed short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of suffering, family, and redemption through the relationship between two brothers in Harlem and the transformative power of jazz.
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A.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain is James Baldwin’s seminal semi-autobiographical novel exploring race, religion, and family in early 20th-century Harlem.
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B.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is a 1940 novel by Carson McCullers that portrays the emotional isolation and inner lives of misfit characters in a small Depression-era Southern town.
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C.
My Father
"My Father" is a biographical book by Margery Durant that portrays the life and character of her father, automobile pioneer William C. Durant, co-founder of General Motors.
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D.
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son is James Baldwin’s influential 1955 collection of essays examining race, identity, and social injustice in mid-20th-century America.
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E.
The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist is a famous Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso depicting a gaunt, blind musician hunched over his guitar, known for its somber mood and monochromatic blue palette.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | James Baldwin ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
addiction
ⓘ
brotherhood ⓘ family ⓘ racism ⓘ redemption ⓘ suffering ⓘ suffering and salvation through music ⓘ the power of art ⓘ the search for identity ⓘ |
| characterStruggle | Sonny's heroin addiction ⓘ |
| collectionType | short story collection ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| explores |
communication and misunderstanding
ⓘ
family responsibility ⓘ redemptive potential of art ⓘ urban African-American experience ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Partisan Review ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
relationship between two brothers
ⓘ
transformative power of jazz ⓘ |
| frequentlyAnthologized | true ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
musical adaptations
ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ |
| includedIn | Going to Meet the Man ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African-American literature
ⓘ
postwar American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Sonny
ⓘ
the unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| medium | prose ⓘ |
| motif |
darkness and light
ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ music ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person ⓘ |
| narratorRelationToSonny | older brother ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1957 ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | high school algebra teacher ⓘ |
| settingCity | New York City ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingLocation | Harlem ⓘ |
| taughtIn |
African-American studies courses
ⓘ
American literature courses ⓘ creative writing courses ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Sonny's Blues Description of subject: "Sonny's Blues" is a widely acclaimed short story by James Baldwin that explores themes of suffering, family, and redemption through the relationship between two brothers in Harlem and the transformative power of jazz.
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