Piano Lesson 4

One thing that stood out to me while reading  The Piano Lesson was when Doaker is talking about how they got the piano there and about the train. Towards the end of his speech he says that "the train stays on the track...its going to get where it's going. It might bit be where you going. If it ain't then all you got to do is sit and wait..."(19). And I feel its important because its saying you don't have to do what everyone else is doing. You can stop going with the flow and wait for something else to come and pick you up. I think the author puts that in to hint at Boy Willie, that you don't have to buy land because its there for sale or you don't have to buy all of it.


Madison! said...

So do you think Boy Willie killed him? It sounds like you are on the fence about saying yes and no. And I didn't think about the Sutter's Ghost might be showing up because of the piano, thats a good thought!