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.