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In The Piano Lesson Boy Willie really wants Berniece to give him the piano and he wants the piano because he is thinking ahead. Boy Willie is thinking that if he buys Sutter’s land then he can make lots of money and live a nice simple life, but he can only do that if Berniece gives him the piano but she won’t because she is holding on to the past. August Wilson describes this theme when Boy Willie and Berniece are talking about selling it, “Get something under your feet. Land the only thing God ain’t making no more of. You can always get another piano (50).” I chose this quote because it shows that something’s that are in your past you have to get rid of, if you want to prosper in the future. Boy Willie explains that when he tells us that “Land the only thing God ain’t making no more of.” Another reason why you need to get rid of things in your past is  because they usually just sit there and cause problems: like the piano. The piano just sits there and does not prophet anyone or any money, unlike the money it would get if Berniece let Boy Willie sell it for land. The piano also hold bad memories and possibly why Sutter’s ghost there. If you get rid of the piano, take away your past, life can be easier to live and you won’t have to look at the past everyday and be reminded of what was and what happened.