Characters
The central figures who are brother and sister
Who are Berniece and Boy Willie?
Congregation refers to...
People who worship in the same community space
the piano represents
Charles family history/ slavery/ connection to past
"I'm gonna cut it in half and go on and sell my half!"
Boy Willie
Bernice´s daughter
Who is Maretha?
something passed from generation to generation
What is an heirloom?
land represents
a new beginning/ opportunity/ connection to ancestry
"You always talk about your daddy but you never thought about what his foolishness cost your mama."
Berniece
The original owner of the piano
Who is Sutter?
To be impulsive means....
What is to act spontaneously and without thinking?
carvings on the piano
Charles family history/ strength of the family/ people who are missed
"Money can't buy what that piano cost."
Berniece
Boy Willie´s best friend
Who is Lymon?
Sparse, scarce
What is few in number/ not abundant?
Berniece playing the piano at the end
moving on/ letting anger go/ saving Boy Willie/ casting out evil
How long you gonna carry Crawley with you, Berniece? At some point you got to let go and go on.
Avery
The man who wants to marry Bernice
Who is pastor Avery?
The difference between exercise and exorcize...
One means to be physically active, the other is to cast out an evil spirit
the Yellow Dog train
the ghosts/ memory of the family members who died
"If everybody stay in one place I believe it would be a better world."
Doaker