The Piano Lesson journal #7

In Act Two Scene 3 I thought it was funny that Boy Willie brought home a girl, but Berniece kicked them out. Boy Willie is kind of disrespectful towards Berniece, and has been for a while. Towards the end of the Scene Lymon and Berniece have a moment. It makes me wonder what will happen later on in the book, and how it will affect the characters and plot of the story.

The Piano Lesson Journal #6

In this scene Avery and Berniece were talking, and I found it kind of weird the way he was talking to her. Avery was tryingn to convince Berniece to marry him. Normally if they didn't want to marry you they would just leave it alone. I guess times are different when this play was written. I feel bad for Berniece because she's not over her dead husband and people are in her business. Avery should just take the hint that she doesn't want to marry him.

The Piano Lesson journal #5

In this scene i thought it was interesting how Wining Boy tried to sell the suit of the man who died, but no one would buy it. So when Lymon and Boy Willie got home he tried to sell it to Lymon. I thought it was weird that Lymon didn't ask any questions about where he got the suit he just bought it. There was some sexual humor in this part. I thought it changed the tone of the book a little.

The Piano Lesson journal #4

A lot of things happened in this scene. We learned a lot about the piano and why it was so important we also learned about the ghosts of the yellow dog. This scene really helped a lot because i got a better understanding of what was going and the importance of some things. Bernice and Boy Willie fight a lot, and most of the dialogue is them fighting, so i think this will be one of the main conflicts in the story.

The Piano Lesso journal #3

When we were reading today I thought the way the chracteres spoke to each other and what they spoke about was interesting. They were kind of rude to each other and asked questions that would of made most people uncomfortable. You weren't able to tell their emotions in what they were saying. Each of the characters have very interesting live. A couple of them have been married, but they don't really talk about women as people more like objects. I also thought that was interesting.

Paino Lesson blog #2

I want to find out what race the author is. The way the language that is used in the play is not language that is commonly and comfortably used by a white person. I was surprised by how much the use the n-word. Bernice and Boy Willie fight a lot. Not fighting that is between people that are related even though they are. She accuses him of stealing and tells him to leave. I wonder if this will continue throughout the entire play.

Tabs for Chapter 32

One of the things I tabbed while reading was, "The white men brought our more sticks and flags from the care and one of them set up a box on three legs"(276). I felt like this was significant in the chapter, because, i feel like it foreshadows what will happen later on in the book. I believe it foreshadows that there will be a new town developed and built with the help of both white and colored people.
Another thing i tabbed was "There was a white man sitting still upon a horse. He seemed to be waiting for the car, and with something of a shock, he realized that it was Jarvis" (276).This made me curious about why the author would bring Jarvis back into the story and what significance he will have, so i decided to tab it.