<P> Sonny then begins to talk about his heroin addiction in somewhat ambiguous terms . He says that when the lady was singing at the revival meeting, it reminded him what it feels like when heroin is coursing through your veins . Sonny says it makes you feel in control, and sometimes you just have to feel that way . The narrator asks if he has to feel like that to play . He answers that some people do . They talk about suffering . And the narrator asks Sonny if it is worth killing yourself, just trying to escape suffering . Sonny says he is not going to die faster than anyone else trying not to suffer . Sonny divulges that the reason he wanted to leave Harlem was to escape the drugs . </P> <P> They go to the jazz club in Greenwich Village . The narrator realizes how revered Sonny is there . He hears Sonny play . In the beginning, he falters, as he has not played for over a year, but after a while, his playing becomes completely magical and enchants the narrator and everyone in the club . The narrator sends a cup of scotch and milk up to the piano for Sonny and the two share a brief connecting moment . His brother finally understands that it is through music that Sonny is able to turn his suffering into something worthwhile . </P> <Ul> <Li> Sonny is the main character's brother . The reader sees him through his brother's eyes, as a quiet, introspective person with a tendency to withdraw inside himself . Sonny is also described by the narrator as wild, but not crazy . He has a heroin addiction, which led him to jail, but because of his passion for jazz, he became a musician . </Li> <Li> Sonny's brother is the narrator and main character; his name is never mentioned throughout the story . He is a high school algebra teacher and family man . Unlike Sonny who is constantly struggling with his feelings, he chooses to ignore his own pain . </Li> <Li> Isabel is Sonny's sister - in - law, she is open and talkative . After Sonny's mother died, he lived with Isabel in her parents' house for a while, while his brother was in the army . </Li> <Li> Creole is a bass player who leads the band that Sonny plays in at the end of the story . He functions as a kind of father figure for Sonny . </Li> <Li> Sonny's Mother </Li> <Li> Sonny's Father </Li> <Li> Sonny's Uncle </Li> <Li> Sonny's Friend </Li> </Ul> <Li> Sonny is the main character's brother . The reader sees him through his brother's eyes, as a quiet, introspective person with a tendency to withdraw inside himself . Sonny is also described by the narrator as wild, but not crazy . He has a heroin addiction, which led him to jail, but because of his passion for jazz, he became a musician . </Li>

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