Make sure to submit a response in which you discuss specific points…
Question Answered step-by-step Make sure to submit a response in which you discuss specific points… Make sure to submit a response in which you discuss specific points with which you agree or disagree and then add points of your own. Those students who hit the mark use the kind of language that you would hear in a court of law from a prosecuting or defending attorneyThe drama starts with the main characters: Boy Willie, Lymon, and Berniece. Boy Willie and Berniece are brother and sister, but they have not seen each other in three years because Boy Willie and Lymon are serving time at Parchman Prison Farm. This is where the problems lay in my head. In August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, Boy Willie is trying to sell this very old piano. He says: “… But I ain’t gonna be no fool about no sentimental value. You can sit up here and look at the piano for the next hundred years and it’s just gonna be a piano” (1.2). Berniece still does not want to sell the piano. While this is happening, the story of her dead husband is told; Crawley is his name. Boy Willie, Crawley, and Lymon are getting chased by people who are trying to get their wood. Crawley tries to fight them off and gets killed. So, if Crawley, Willie, and Lymon would not have been there, then Crawley never would have died and Willie and Lymon would not be in prison. Willie would not be trying to sell the piano right now, which is basically the whole story. This decision of theirs, affected every other character’s lives in some way shape or form. There is one decision that could have been made that would have changed the whole play in its entirety. Although, there can be multiple decisions that also could have been changed, I believe the one that Crawley, Boy Willie, and Lymon made, was the most crucial. Without the decision that Crawley made to fight off the people, or Lymon and Boy Willie made to run, then there probably would not have been a play here at all. The whole reason Boy Willie wants to sell the piano, is to get money since he is in prison. Arts & Humanities English English Literature ENG 1103 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
