Monday, November 22, 2010

The Piano Lesson Journal 5

The thing that stood out to me most while we were reading today was that Doaker had already seen Sutter's ghost before Boy Willy had even come up to the house.  This makes me wonder if maybe Sutter is more concerned with the piano that he is with Boy Willy.  He did say Boy Willy's name when Berniece saw him though, hinting that Sutter is after him for one reason or another.  I think Sutter's motives somehow include both Boy Willy and the Piano, but I'm not entirely sure how yet.  One other thing that caught my attention was how forgiving Wining Boy was being with Lymon when selling him his silk suit.  I wonder if he has an ulterior motive for selling the suit, or if he's just desperate.

- I also think it is strange that Doaker didn't tell people about seeing the ghost earlier.  I'm interested to see if he has anything else to hide.

1 comment:

  1. I also found that part interesting. The two times Sutter's ghost was seen he seemed to be concurend with two different thing, the piano and Boy Willie. I also wrote about the way Wining Boy treated Lymon concerning the suit, the way he acted didn't really seem like the Wining Boy we have been reading about.

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