The Piano Lesson: Impression of Wining Boy

Jennifer Aldana
November 11th, 2009
English 6A
Impression of Wining Boy

As I was reading The Piano Lesson Act 1 Scene 2 by August Wilson Wining Boy gave me the impression of being someone that everybody could trust. Wining Boy would have your back no matter what and does not care what other people think about him. Wining Boy is only being himself that shows that he would actually speak out.The reason why I say this is because he is supporting Berniece about not selling the piano. The piano represents her family's past. The piano helps her understand more about the struggles of her family. Wining Boy seems like someone that does not care about the money, but more about his values and family. The two things that we know about Wining Boy is that he was married to Cleotha who died and he was ten years older than Cleotha. Wining Boy is totally different from Boy Willie and Lymon because Boy Willie and Lymon are more interested on selling the piano and getting the hundred land of acre.Boy Willie and Wining Boy knows what they want and they would fight for it until they get it. Doaker, Avery, and Wining Boy are alike because they all care about Berniece and understand the importance of the piano to Berniece.

Everything changed when I started reading The Piano Lesson Act 2 Scene 1 because Wining Boy was obsessed with other things. The other things Wining Boy is obsessed with is drinking and gambling. When someone starts drinking and gambling, than it means that we cannot trust that person. You never know if that person is going to put you in problems or may take advantage of the person's generosity.