berbulan-bulan,, akhirnya aku melawtinya. ya statusku bukan sebagai perempuan seorang, tapi seorang istri,, tau kah kau itu sedikit menjadi beban? sebelumnya aku selalu berpikir berpasangan akan mengurangi beban hidup ku, tidak sepenuhnya salah dan tidak sepenuhnya benar. toh kadar samsara (cobaaan hidup) yg dialami masing-masing orang tetap sama, meski dalam jenis yang berubah-ubah, pasang surut, timbul tenggelam.
aku mungkin mulai jarang bersyukur atas nikmat yang hinggap di hidupku, mertua yang baik, rumah yang cukup besar (dibandingkan rumahku orang tuaku, kosanku atau kontrakan kakaku yang pernah ku tumpangi), suami yang tidak jelek, pekerjaan yang bisa membuatku bisa membantu adik dan bapakku, sandara-saudara suamiku yang bisa menerimaku dengan baik,, tapi masih saja ada yang mengganjal hatiku. aku menuntut yang tidak-tidak, meski tuntutan itu tidak ku teriakan, hanya dalam benak dan tulisan-tulisan iseng.


ANALYSIS OF THE ELEMENTS IN JAMES BALDWIN’S SHORT STORY SONNY’S BLUES
The story begins when the narrator reads something disturbing while riding the subway to school. The narrator is algebra teacher, exits the subway and continues towards his school, his fear and anxiety growing about the fate of his brother Sonny, who has been arrested for using heroin. Thinking of his brother reminds him of his students, who face limited possibilities in a hostile world. The narrator speculates that many of his students may already be experimenting with drugs like heroin. At the end of the school day the narrator listens to the laughter of his students for the first time and realizes it is mocking and cruel. As he exits, he is met at the gate of the school by one of Sonny’s old friends, a fellow addict, who has come to tell him about Sonny’s imprisonment. The narrator is repulsed by Sonny’s friend, who always asks him for money; nonetheless, he greets him. The narrator fails to write or visit his brother in prison until the death of his daughter, when he is finall...
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