After reading Part ll of Act 1, Scene 2 I really learned about the history of the piano and all that it has gone through. I made me see why Berniece is so connected to the piano and all that it symbolizes. The hobos in the boxcar reminded me of Avery's dream. I wonder if the two different sets of hobos represent the same thing. After Doaker is done telling his story, Boy Willie strongly suggests that all these events are in the past and that his father would have agreed with what he wants to do now. This shows that Boy Willie is a tad bit selfish and only focuses on the future. For some reason a part that really stood out to me was when Berniece said, "Mama Ola polished this piano with her tears for seventeen years. For seventeen years she rubbed on it till her hands bled." That just seems almost unbelievable. Why did Mama Ola love that piano so much?
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