Character List
Doaker- A forty seven year old, tall, patient man that has a lot of respect for others. Even though he caves into people he is still a respectable figure.
Boy Willie- A thirty year old, self-centered man who is only concerned with himself. He is very crude in manner but honest in what he believes. A very boyish and impulsive character, Boy Willie is a wild card.
Lymon- A twenty-nine year old that’s shy but observant. He waits for reactions and studies people around him with great detail.
Berniece- A thirty five year old woman that is mourning the dead of her husband. This indecent woman is straight forward and very irritable towards other people. She definitely will fight for what she believes in.
Martha- The eleven year old daughter of Berniece. She is presented to this world with high standards and is very intelligent.
Avery- A want to be suitor to Berniece and a preacher that is one with his religious beliefs. Even though he is quite religious, he tends to make suggestive comments towards Berniece.
Whining Boy- A fifty-six year old musician that has been off the records for a while. He became a serious gambler and soon became lack luster in appearance and personality.
Grace- A very beautiful woman that captures the eyes of many men. She currently rooms with an ex-boyfriend and is skittish, with a lot of trust issues.
The Piano Lesson
August Wilson
Hafsah Hanif, Autumn Jones, Gracin Marquette, and Luis Soto
3rd
Summary
The play begins with Boy Willie and Lymon’s arrival to Berniece’s house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Berniece is Boy Willie’s sister, who he has not seen for three years. Lymon and Boy Willie have come to the north for several reasons. The most motivating to Boy Willie’s was his intention to ...
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...d for Frederick to change his name to August Wilson. In 1969, Wilson married his first wife Brenda Burton and they had a daughter soon after. The scene about Berniece saying she wished Maretha was born a boy, could’ve reflected internal feelings about his daughter. Soon after Sakina, his daughter, was born Wilson and Burton divorced. During all this time Wilson became a poet but continued to evolve in to a playwright. Throughout the rest of his life, Wilson was quite successful. He won two
Pulitzer Prizes, as well as a Tony Award, and married twice more. His final wife, Constanza Romero, was Islamic and converted him to Islam. On October 2, 2005, August Wilson died of liver cancer. Even though he is no longer with us, his work will always be remembered as touching and relatable.
"August Wilson-Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 22 May 2014.
Surprisingly, this novel ends with Boy Willie and Lymon going back to Mississippi without selling the piano. Finally, Boy Willie closes by telling Berniece that if she doesn’t keep playing on the piano, he and Sutter would both be back. In saying this, Boy Willie means that if they don’t keep their inheritance close to their heart, unfavorable events could begin happening once
There are three older boys, Ralph, Jack, and Piggy, that have an effect on the group of younger boys. The Main character Ralph, changes throughout the novel because of his role of leadership and responsibility, which shapes him into a more strict but caring character as the group becomes more uncivilized and savage. At the beginning of the story, after the plane crashed on the island and the boys are accounted for, Ralph feels very free and absent. He finds a lagoon with warm water, and just like any other twelve year old boy, he goes for recreational swimming. Whizzoh!
Link starts his book by giving details on Wilson’s life starting in Staunton, Virginia on December 29, 1856 when Wilson was born.(Link.pg1) Wilson was a scholar. He attended Davidson College and Princeton University. Next, he attended University of Virginia where he studied law. Finally, Wilson studied political science and history at John Hopkins University. Next, with his numerous degrees and extensive knowledge, Wilson taught at a verity of universities between 1885 and 1902, as well as being the dean of a graduate school in 1910. (Link.pg1). Finally in 1912 Wilson ran for president of the United States and won.
Boy Willie is the protagonist in the play The Piano Lesson, which is written by August Wilson. He is a foil character to his sister Berniece. He wants to sell the family piano. His biggest obstacle is his past, and his sister. Berniece wants to salvage the piano and keep it as a namesake. The quarrels revolving around legacies is the central conflict of the play. Boy Willie’s “Super-objective” contains two parts: fear and legacy resulting in memory.
Current Social/ Emotional Elements: Lawrence described his social life as being selective with which he considers as “friends”. He feels he has a lot of acquaintances that he is friendly and cordial with, but only has a very small inner circle that he trusts. No he doesn’t consider himself to be a lonely person. Lawrence’s major interests, activities, and hobbies include playing basketball, recreationally playing football, and he doesn’t have any current hobbies. Lawrence considers that he is generally considered as a well-known person, whether do to playing a sport or for his friendly personality. Typically he is regarded to be popular, but he does not consider himself as a popular person he just enjoys communication with his
... second term ended, Wilson died on Feburary 14, 1924 of the age of 67. They had him buried in the Washington National Cathedral.
The play begins with Willy as the antagonist, fighting with his wife Linda and a generally mean person. He insults his sons and scolds Linda for buying the wrong cheese. Willy shows his biggest personality flaws early on in the story; contradicting his own thoughts, being verbally abusive, and showing his over developed sense of pride. Willy loses the readers sympathy again in a flashback early on in the play when he goes off on a rant about the money he owes for things, almost blaming Linda for their hardship. During a conversation with Happy, Willy again loses his temper and yells at Happy for trying to be nice and saying "Pop, I told you I'm gonna retire you for life"(I,1300). As that is going on the next door neighbor, Charley, comes over because of the noise and strikes up a conversation with Willy. The two are playing cards and shooting the breeze when Willy once again starts with the insults, calling Charley ignorant, and telling him hes disgusting, as if to boost his own confidence or make himself seem smarter or better than Charley. Soon after his arguement with Charley, Willy is in a flashback ordering Happy and Biif to steal lumber from a nearby building project, teaching his boys to steal to impress his brother Ben. Willy and Biff then get into an arguement over Biff's lack of effort in getting a job and keeping it, and about ...
The Antagonist in this play was Willie. He is depressed over his life, he does not see the success that he has or could have had because all he ever wanted was to be a successful business man. He would even lie to his family to make it look like he was successful, when in reality he was just another struggling salesman. The Protagonist in this play is Biff who is the son that Willy had so much hope for. He was the son that was going to make the family name great. Biff trying to please his dad and family is willing to go into the business world even though it is not what he really wants. He wanted to work with his hands. He also knew that his dad was great with his hands and
Willy’s fabricated dreams affected both him and his family negatively. The lives of both, Biff and Happy, were ruined and once he realized the fallacy of his dreams, he too was left ruined. While, Linda suffered great emotional pain. To prosper in life, In Miller’s view in the play, and become an ideal person, an individual must let go of all false dreams and see through the façade; for only hard work will result in success.
Holden is a complex character in, The Catcher in the Rye. He has a lot of emotions and thoughts that give him a lot to think and talk about it. Sometimes those emotions can cause his views to be skewed and he can be quite harsh. Holden is a teenager who can take things and really blow them out of proportions. He is a critical thinker who over-analyzes everything. In, The Catcher in the Rye, Holden's feelings affect how he sees other things in the novel.
Ralph: The leader of the childs and the main protagonist.He is the smartest and the strongest kid of Island.He has a great charisma and good looks.He tries to keep the rules alive.But he loses his authority to Jack.
From the Harry Potter series to the television program Gossip Girl, stories contain characters whose actions are immoral, yet readers and viewers develop sympathy for them due to their presentation. Likewise, in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Grandpa’s character is portrayed as immoral. The reader witnesses Grandpa marry a woman for a dishonest reason and then abandon her and his unborn child. However, as the story progresses, the reader discovers Grandpa’s backstory and can sympathize with him. The reader learns the rationales behind his unethical behaviors and Grandpa becomes a sympathetic character. The method Jonathan Safran Foer uses to present Grandpa forms him into a dynamic character about whom the reader’s opinion shifts over the course of the novel.
The character I have chosen to analyze from Canterbury Tales is the Squire. The Squire is the Knight’s son, and is described very well. In Canterbury Tales, the Squire’s appearance, personality, and motives are very descriptive, especially his personality. The equivalent of this Squire will soon be described, as well as the Squire himself.
Character is what you are in the dark, being your self when people are not around you or acting out when people are surrounding you. The people you know, the people you try to impress, and the people you want to be with you threw thick and thin. The quote comes in action when ever a person acts different as they would normally would , its like when I meet a new person and I do my best impression to help that person fell welcome in my presents and then after that I go behind his back and make jokes about that person. It's like you seeing a person's true colors when you are no longer beneficial to their life.
who is a young boy, quest to find his identity and to chase his dreams.