To complete this task, first map out each part of Freytag's pyramid structure. Then, pinpoint the main events in James Baldwin's story "Sonny's Blues" and determine whether they can be superimposed onto each part of the pyramid.

First, note that Freytag's pyramid represents a seven-part dramatic structure. Based on the pyramid, an effectively told story has an exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and denouement.

The exposition introduces the story's setting and characters. The inciting incident hurls the protagonist into the main action of the story and reveals the story's central problem. The rising action is the series of events that build up tension in the narrative. The climax is the moment when that tension reaches its most intense point. The falling action is the series of events that dampen the tension in the narrative. The resolution is the moment when the story's central problem is resolved. And the denouement represents the very end of the story, when all plot tangles and knots become untied.

Second, think about the events that occur in "Sonny's Blues" and determine if and where they fit in Freytag's pyramid structure. How does Baldwin introduce the narrator, Sonny, and their Harlem setting? What is the story's central problem? What is its most intense moment? Do the issues between the narrator and Sonny get resolved? Try to answer these questions as you relate the story's events to the various parts of Freytag's pyramid.