The Piano Lesson by August Wilson (Journal Entry 1)
The language and diction of the first scene seems very crude. It also includes a word that is considered discriminatory in today’s society. The rough use of language is fit for the setting because this place is set in a time when racism was common mostly among southerners. The southerners’ use of language is very similar to that used in this book. The language also seems to show the amount of education each of the characters might have gone through. At this point, they seem partially educated. Overall, in spite of the crude use of English, they do speak straight to the point most of the time.
Comment on James Dolan’s Blog:
I do agree on one of your ideas. The discriminatory language they introduced is considered rude and thought of as a racist remark today. Back then, these African Americans’ ancestries seemed to be involved as to why they were oppressed.
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