Blog Post # 5: Piano Lesson Responses

         I believe that the "piano lesson"  is the Charles family learning to accept and move on together with the past, and not discarding it or staying with it. You see throughout the story that Boy Willie wants to sell the piano and move on with life, while Berniece wants to keep it and never move on. Only in the end, these ideas come together within Berniece, and she keeps the piano, while moving on together with it. August Wilson chose the title The Piano Lesson, because the whole story was revolving around what the Charles family needed to learn about themselves, and their past involving the piano.At the end of the story, Boy Willie finally understands the importance of the piano. He understood its importance when Berniece played the piano and sung her family members' names, telling him that the piano holds a great deal of their family within it, and it shouldn't just be given up. What's significant about Berniece calling out her dead ancestors' names to rid the house of Sutter's Ghost is that she understands that her family has been through a lot with the piano, and she shouldn't keep mourning for them, but instead asking them for help with her own life. The purpose of this is that Berniece finally learns to accept the past and move on with life, together with the memories of her family.