Post # 3: The Piano Lesson Act 1

1. The Ghosts of the Yellow Dog are the Boy Charles and the four hobos that died on the Yellow Dog railroad. They may have been hit by a train, and now they're out for revenge.

2.The "n word" is being used in a friendly term between the the characters in early Act 1, and they only use it to refer to one another without using names.

3.The Irene Kauffman Settlement House seems to be a sort of place that helps the poor, because Berniece has Maretha go there so that she can become a teacher. You feel the sense that they may be poor or struggling because during the time in the play, racism still exists, and this effects many black families during that time.

4. Parchman Farm is referring to an actual prison from the 1900's, because Boy Willie said that he and Lymon did time there for three years, which means they were in jail for three years.