Defend Boy Willie's Scheme for Buying Sutter's Land.

In The Piano Lesson, written by August Wilson, Boy Willie devises a scheme for buying Sutter's land. Boy Willie has one part of the money saved up. He will sell the watermelons for the second part. Then he will sell the piano for a third part. The only debating issue in Boy Willie's scheme is the piano. Berniece does not want to sell the piano. This is the only reason for a defense in Boy Willie's scheme. Therefore, I will defend Boy Willie's issue of selling the piano and how that liberates him in reference to his scheme for buying Sutter's land.
The first defense is the usage of the piano. In Wilson's novel, Berniece never uses the piano, Boy Willie: " You can't do nothing with that piano except sit up there and look at it", Berniece, "That's just what I'm gonna do" (p.50). The piano is a "sentimental value" (p.51) to Berniece. Her father died over the piano (p.42-46). Boy Willie argues even though the piano is of......

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Title: The Piano Lesson
Approximate Word Count: 540
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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