Escape From Spiderhead Analysis

onny is faced with a problem that was necessary to overcome to leave behind his past comparable to Jeff. Sonny’s brother witness his brother being praised at something that he found himself passionate about “There was a lot of applause and some of it was real”(Sonny’s Blues 100). The struggle between Sonny and his brother came through his dream of being a musician. Being successful in music was an imagine that his brother wouldn’t have thought of. Sonny experienced a tough life over the many years he followed his passion in music even though his brother doubted his rebellion, but through his music he is able to leave behind his old life of hardships and rekindles a bond between brothers. Similar to how Sonny rebelled against his brother to stand up in what he believed in so did
Jeff chooses to act upon his thoughts and actions leaving behind his past self that follow orders. Instead of taking orders, Jeff voluntarily subjects himself to darkenfloxx“I used it, dropped it down the heat vent…”(Escape From Spiderhead 9). A similar situation occurred at the beginning of the story as Jeff mentions how he didn’t care for the fate of both Heather and Rachel. Jeff decided to inject himself with the darkenfloxx sparing Rachel sacrificing himself and preventing Rachel from receiving the pain. The progressive Jeff shows from disregarding the fate between Rachel from darkenfloxx to preventing her to receive by taking it himself. Not only does he escape his past of being a subject he chooses to act upon his free will and free himself from his past. Even though the outcomes of Sonny and Jeff disagreement may be different as Sonny smiles with his success due to his music, Jeff suffers physically because of his sacrifice. In situation of defying the people who created conflict for Sonny and Jeff it’s the conflict that allowed them to grow and leave behind their