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My Cup Runneth Over: The Evolution Of Acceptance In Sonny's Blues, Glynis M. Boyd
My Cup Runneth Over: The Evolution Of Acceptance In Sonny's Blues, Glynis M. Boyd
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My Cup Runneth Over:
The Evolution of Acceptance in “Sonny’s Blues”
“Not everything that can be faced can changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced”
James Baldwin
The greatest gift of literature is the mirror it provides for us to see ourselves both as we are and who we can be.
James Baldwin, one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, was a creative advocate of this method, as demonstrated in his writing. Sonny’s Blues, one of Baldwin’s most widely read and discussed short stories, asks the reader to consider provocative …