Word Entry -- Sonny's Blues

1. "It filled everything, the people, the houses, the music, the dark, quicksilver barmaid, which menace; and this menace was their reality." (Page 66)
2. My guess: I think "it" in this sentence means the drug; "menace"means harm, as the drug danger to people's everyday lives.
3. Definition: (noun) something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.  (Dictionary.com)
4. Explanation: as I expected,  "menace"means the drug was a hazard to people's lives (in the way both to themselves and those around them). In the article, as the author describes the problems people had while dealing with drugs, especially his own brother Sunny, he felt everyone's life was threatened by it.