Sonny's New Horizon

On page 86 in The Flowers, Sonny describes a location he see’s while being sexually aroused by Cindy. The land location he describes for us as he closes his eyes is a Desert with a black sky and bright stars. He also describes the sky “too high and faraway that I could have never seen it from a city… as someone kept pointing it out like constellations I didn‘t see.” This passages primary purpose was to show the sexual awaking of Sonny. Showing how he takes anther step away from innocence and experiences more adulthood. We can see the growth from innocent observation to sexual interaction with his neighbor Cindy. With evidence of text from the passage, we can see how Sonny reacts and emotionally feels as his new found sexual arousal is made. We can also predict on this can affect his relationship with Cindy and predict a possible outcome with his relationship with Nica.  An interpretation we can put in this passage is the unknown horizon Sony has yet to explore on sexual activity with girls. From the previous pages, we can see that Sonny doesn’t really much of sexual interactions with girls when he talks to the twins Jose and Miguel. He shows the “confidence” and talks the big talk, however when he experiences the sensation, he feels unsure and explores the new horizon he has entered. . What we can also say now about Sonny he now he has lost more of his innocence. Sonny has explored more into Human desire and he knows that he will want more of what Cindy has given him; “I couldn’t hold back if she didn’t stop, but she didn’t want to and I couldn’t stop myself.” Sonny knows that what he is doing is new and exciting and he enjoyed it, yet he doesn’t fully understand it all to well; “as someone kept pointing it out like constellations I didn’t see.” My classmates that have made predictions of Cindy and Sonny finally “interacting” have predicted well, but as seen before in coming of age stories, it was evident of the two finally coming together. We can see in the book that he acts differently with Nica than he does with Cindy.  I think with this interaction, that his relationship with Cindy will be his sexual awakening and will affect the other relationship Sonny has with Nica. I think Sonny will try to have a more sexual relationship with Nica or at least try to have one with her but it won’t exactly plays out as he thought it would. Nica and Sonny have a more innocent relationship that has more emotion rather than sexual connection. It wouldn’t be a surprise if Sonny were to try and grow his relationship with Nica with more than and emotional connection. This passage illustrates a sexual awakening for Sonny and a change to his character as he explores his new horizon.