Sonny's Blues
"Sonny's Blues" is about two brothers, Sonny and the narrator. The story is told from the narrator's point of view.  The story goes back and forth between the present and the past. The narrator is a math teacher, and he reads about Sonny's arrest for using drugs. He worries about Sonny and the boys in his class. Later, after the narrator's daughter dies, he decides to reach out to Sonny.