Exploring Unfulfilled Needs in 'Sonny's Blues'

Analyze how the character’s sense of an unfulfilled need contributes to an interpretation of the work as a whole.

Answer this prompt using “Sonny’s Blues" as your anchor text: Many works of literature explore a character’s sense of lacking something important in life. The character perceives an unfulfilled need which may be emotional, spiritual, financial, or something the character does not understand or cannot articulate. Analyze how the character’s sense of an unfulfilled need contributes to an interpretation of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.

Begin with an MLA formatted page that includes a title section with your name, my name, class, date and title (not in the header though), and is in 12 pt, Times New Roman font that this double-spaced.

Create a clear claim and include three aspects of the story that supports this claim to craft a three-pronged thesis statement. Include one body paragraph that proves your claim through textual evidence and literary analysis.