Othello blog #3

In tonights reading I started to think that Iago is slighty crazy, and I dont understand how if he has nothing good to say about his wife, why is he with her? Also why would he randomly think that she cheated on him with Othello, if Othello is a honast person? If Othello is a very trusting person, why would he not believe his wife if she said she didn't cheat? I started to wonder, why Iago didn't get the promotion that Cassio did. I think maybe it's because Othello knows how crazy Iago is, and he doesn't want that.

Othello blog #1

I think that Act one Scene one, is pretty much the introduction to the play. It starts out with Roderigo and Iago discussing how Iago didn't get the raise he wanted and how he is more deserving for the job than the person who got it, now just using the position he's in and Othello to get where he wants to be. After that they go to Brabantio's to wake him, and tell him his daughter has eloped with a black man. At first Brabantio doesn't believe Iago and Roderigo so he goes and checks, while he is gone Iago leaves so he wont be seen working against Othello, and when Brabantio returns he is furious and so he and Roderigo set off to get men so they can find Othello and his new wife.

At first I didn't understand anything that was going on, but then I just keep rereading, then I talked to Trevor and discussed what happened, by then I basically understood what happened. So just to check myself I went to no fear Shakespeare to check that I understood it right. The side notes were kind of annoying because I didn't know what would be in them so I would and lose my place all the time.

My Paragraph for the project

    Even though Berniece and Boy Willie love each other, as a family, they don’t care what they say or do to the other person as long as they achieve their dreams, which is to have the piano. In this part of the novel, Berniece tries t avoid conflict by saying “Boy Willie ain’t takin nothing out of this house but himself. Now you go ahead and let him try,” to get him to leave, but he doesn’t listen (98). Berniece says this with a scary kind of authority that made Lymon lisen to Berniece, but Boy Willie doesn’t realize how serious she is being. This part foreshadows the part where Berniece brings down the gun and Boy Willie gets in a fight with Sutter’ ghost. Wilson uses a lot of repitition in this part, like with Berniece continually telling Boy Willie to leave. his makes the reader realize that things are rising to the climax of the novel. This connects to the theme in that people will do whatever it takes to reach their goals, even if it means cheating their families to get it, because of the willingness to severe ties with the other. And by them choosing to be in control of the piano, rather than harmonizing peacefully with their family.

The Piano Lesson #4

On todays reading I realized just how good Wining Boy and Boy Willy are at getting peoples money. During this I began to wonder why Boy Willy wouldnt just think of a way to make money other than selling the paino, because than Burniece would be happy and they wouldnt lose the import symbol to their family. "He got in a tussle with one of them white fellows and the sheriff lit on him like white on rice", Wining Boy talked about Lymons daddy and I thought that was an interesting way to put how the sheriff reacted towards it. But I was also confused about what he ment, because white rice is suposed to be white. So I don't really think that this makes sense. Although Doaker was trying to do Burniece a favor m\by not mentioning  that he saw Sutters and heard him playing the piano, I think that he should have told Burniece and everyone else when Burniece saw sutters ghost instead of making everyone question her.

the Piano Lesson #3

In today's reading I realized that Wining Boy cares a lot about people, but he wants to be a free person and be able to move around whenever and where ever he pleases. I also learned that Boy Willy doesnt believe that Doaker owns part of the piano. I think that Doaker owns more than a fair share of it because he and Wining Boy did the dangerous part.

the Piano Lesson #2

I wonder why Lymon is helping Boy Willy sell the watermelons? It explains why Boy Willy wants the money, but never why Lymon does. and I don't understand where Boy Willy got the idea that Maretha was just going to give up playing the piano and just start playing the guitar, so it kind of annoys me that he just assumes she wont mind and how he doesn't even think about how she will feel when they discuss this with Doaker. My first impression of Doaker was that he didn't really bother with other people, and I thought that he seemed almost rude, but now reading more about him i think that he is actually more of the quite watchful type that has a really good opinion about things. I feel like he is a person you can ask for advice if you need to.

My first impression of The Piano Lession was shocked because of the language they used. It made me wonder what time period this play is ment to take place in. I thought that maybe August Wilson was trying to show how people spoke in the time period. That clues you in to when it takes place. I didn't really understand a lot of what Boy Willy and Droaker talked about, but we are only five pages into the story.