Just finishing the book and looking back, Sonny has grown a lot since the very beginning. The amazing
amount of freedom led him to make some choices that anyone would have done, there wasn’t one good role
model around him either they all kept to themselves while all interacting with Sonny at the same time. He
wouldn’t be the same without the time with each and every person at the flowers. Sonny sees himself as an
adult and doesn’t question himself as much as used to even if he’s making the wrong decision. He doesn’t
feel guilt as much as he did before, the eyes in Cloyd’s study don’t scare him anymore. I would
disagree to anyone who says Cloyd is the root cause of this all, it’s the fact that he has little to no connection
with his other family and little to no one on one time with his mother that made him what he was. The twins
gave us a good contrast of what Sonny was and the immature teenager that he could have been and Cindy
taught him a lot about relationships sorta.
I think Sonny had a few good influences. Nica was definitely one, aswell as Mr. Josep, the twins were a pair, Mr. and Mrs. Zuniga were another. It's good you finished the book.
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