Her beloved piano is her best way of communication. ... He clearly has no appreciation of the significance of the piano, so it is left on the beach. It is Baines who rescues the piano through a somewhat snaky route. Mesmerized by her beauty and talent, he proposes to sell her back the instrument one black key at a time, in exchange for music lessons. The lessons turn into erotic encounters, and Baines finds himself in a world of guilt. ...

• Word Count: 382
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

They all know how to play the guitar and some know how to play the piano. ... My dad plays: piano, violin, flute, guitar, accordion, and harmonica. ... I quit the lessons, but I still had this longing to play. ...

• Word Count: 561
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Through his relationships with his parents, his girlfriend then wife Rosie and his piano teacher "maestro" Edward Keller, Paul learns what love is. ... On the other hand, Paul's piano teacher Herr Keller taught Paul about a different kind of love, a stern love. ... He realised how the lessons on love and life that Keller had taught him had influenced him and how much more he could have learnt from the man that had so much to offer. ...

• Word Count: 683
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

is how Jane reacts when her mother tries to send her back to her old piano teacher on page 70. ... Jane's mother is to overprotective that she can't see that her daughter is safe with the piano teacher. ... This is a charming, delightful, and entertaining short story that teaches a life long lesson....

• Word Count: 740
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Willie learned this important lesson through Jack Burden. ... This lesson became a part of his political personality. ... Adam often spends his free time practicing the piano, again trying to become perfect. Jack said that "most of the time when I was at Adam's apartment he would be at the piano (101)."" ...

• Word Count: 1339
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Higgins home, Eliza bluntly specifies, "I'm come to have lessons, I am.... Eliza then undergoes lessons of language, etiquette, and manners to improve her position in life. ... Proud of her performance and memory of her lessons, Higgins, as her mentor, gives his student a passing grade. ... " (54) Never ending his thinking about Eliza's performance and progress with his lessons, Higgins continuously worries about his student and whether or not she will be able to make it. ... Higgins dashes the ring violently into the fireplace, and turns on her so threateningly that she cr...

• Word Count: 1104
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School