Baldwin's writing technique is created simultaneously by the thought of his two different worlds: reality and fiction. By converting his reality of life and current issues in America and translating them into a story, he presents the foreign point of view to the audience. In both of these tales, he introduces two different stories with several different characters who both inhabit a common realistic theme, oppression, which plays an important role in all of their lives. Jesse was burdened by his sexual identity, while Sonny's brother was burdened by the responsibility of caring for his younger brother. It is also possible to say that the antagonists of the story are also oppressed. It could be argued that Jesse's wife was also an oppressed character. Although the story does not reveal much about Jesse's wife, one might assume that she suffered from oppression because Jesse could not satisfy her sexually. He may be suffering from pressure or mental anguish, a solid form of oppression, because he may feel that he is the reason Jesse cannot perform properly sexually. The many thoughts that might cross a woman's mind when her partner can no longer make love to her are free to roam throughout the story since Baldwin left his character unrevealed. One could even argue that Sonny was