A Critical Analysis Of Sonny's Blues By James Baldwin

Baldwin, James. “Sonny’s Blues”. San Jose State University, N.p., n.d., https://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/2B-HUM/Readings/Baldwin-Sonnys-Blues.pdf. Accessed on 20 March 2023. James Baldwin is a well-known author and the author of “Sonny’s Blues”. In the short story Mr. Baldwin writes about his own experiences throughout his childhood, adult life, and with his brother. When you look up James Baldwin, you discover that he was born and raised in Harlem, New York, African American, and he was born during the Harlem Renaissance movement. Baldwin mentions these key details within “Sonny’s Blues” because he has gone through what he mentions making him credible enough to write about these experiences. “Sonny’s Blues” is told by the narrator where

Talsma is not that well-known but within her article you will spot she used reliable information from a doctor who is certified with an M.D and other scholarly articles. This authorizes readers and students to proceed since this establishes it is a trustworthy article. This article talks about the intake of pharmaceuticals for psychological and behavioral disorders has surged in the U.S. It is said this development can be accredited to improved public awareness of mental disorders and the advantages of drug therapy. Talsma pulls out statistics from Dr. Menzina, all throughout her article, and she says that since 2001, 1 out of 5 Americans have got a mental health disorder because of all the medications being put out there. Meaning she thinks drug therapy is good. Taslma states, “The increase in utilization of medications for psychological and behavioral disorders can be attributed to greater awareness among patients that mental health disorders are treatable and that available drug therapies are safe and effective, according to David Muzina, MD, a national practice leader of the Medco Neuroscience Therapeutic Resource Center. (1)” I plan to use this as my counterargument quote for my essay. Sure, mental health disorders can be treated with drugs but it’s not all and sure drug therapy can be safe but only for some mental disorders.

“#YesMeansYes.” Degrassi: The Next Class, created by Linda Schuyler, Stephen Stohn,

This particular episode is not based off a real story but it is based off what could happen in the real world. This show was created by Linda Schuyler, Stephen Stohn, Sarah Glinski, and Matt Huether. They aren’t completely credible because they are show writers and show writers typically like to dramatize things. Although the point of this source is to show how people could be compelled to do drugs, and why they would want to. Episode 3 of Season 1 is about Miles Hollingsworth who is one of the main characters and he grew up being verbally and physically abused by his father, which leads to mental health problems, and then to drug abuse. Miles has a physical fight with his father, where he was pushed against the wall, resulting in trauma. Miles is left with anxiety and panic attacks when his father is mentioned or around. Miles’s talks about this with his friend and a girl at Miles’s school overhears him talking about his family problems and she offers him lorazepam. She told him it would help him calm down when his father was around, but he was warned by a friend that the drug is very addictive. Unfortunately, Miles takes the drug right before he has his family dinner that his father also attends, to relieve a panic attack from ensuing. Miles’s only way to escape his reality, his suffering was by taking that drug because as he said, “…whenever he’s around me mom, I feel like I can’t breathe.” (Se 1 Ep ass03). I will use