If we want to discuss about being safe and taking risks in the story of ¡§Sonny¡s Blues¡ by James Baldwin, we should know what is the meaning of ¡§being safe and taking risks¡ by itself.
             I think all people agree that if we are driving on a road, and we can see that there is a big hole not far away in the front of the road, we must rotate the steering wheel to escape from the big hole. Otherwise, our cars may get hurt from it. You may say that your car is cheap and you don¡t care about your car. Then you will just drive across the hole. Although your car may not be hurt, you will still feel uncomfortable while the car is passing through the hole. This gives the point that if we know there is a risk beyond us, then we will find a way to become safe.
             As we can see, being safe is something that good for people. We don¡t have any loss when we are in safe environment. People always try to find a way to get safety instead of taking risk. Obviously, we must lose something if we take risks. Therefore, people prefer safety to risk. If we know that there are risks coming to us, we usually try our best to escape from them. The idea of being safe is not to take risk, while the idea of taking risk, is to sacrifice your safety. They are contradiction to each other.
             In the story "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin, we can also see that there are some examples of being safe and taking risks. The narrator tells the story from the first person's point of view. This story is about the past and present lives of two brother's, the narrator and Sonny. It begins with the event of Sonny getting caught in raid for using heroin. This event triggers many emotions and old memories for both brothers, and once Sonny is released from jail, the two brothers try to repair the void that has been left in their lives. For the residents of Harlem during these times family was very important. The narrator tells many stories about the place where th...