Smoke and Character Development In Baldwin's Sonny's Blues .
This is a response paper to James Baldwin's short story "Sonny's Blues," about Jazz musicians and the black community. It draws on literary criticism as well as extensively quoting the original text, and portrays the act of smoking in the story as both a literary device and an integral part of the scenery, as well as an extension of the changes that occur in Sonny's character. 6 pgs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
