Edward Keller's Relationship In Maestro

Throughout the novel, Maestro, Edward Keller is extremely harsh on Paul Crabbe. Keller never complements him and form the very beginning tells him that he has not got what it takes to be a musician. Although is seems mean and rude. The attitude that Keller has throughout the novel teaches Paul about life and makes him a better person and it has positive effects on Paul.

Paul Crabbe and Edward Keller have a bumpy relationship throughout Maestro. Readers are informed about Paul’s first meeting with Keller, his new piano teacher and thus Keller’s first impressions on Paul. The first meeting leaves Paul angry and Paul vows ‘never to return.’ He addresses Keller as a bad teacher who takes him back to basics at playing the piano. Paul’s quick judgment
Paul just thinks this is because he is a “Nazi” but as the book goes on we see that Paul thinks very highly of Keller and he comes to realise how much he ‘came to love the man, to depend on him.’ Keller thinks of Paul as a disrespectful adolescent at the start, but he learnt to grow and love Paul as his own son by the end of the novel, this is shown when Paul is put in Keller’s will. Keller learns to trust Paul like a son, enabling him to unfold and release the secrets he had been carrying privately for so long, to Paul. Their connection through music, was enough to bring them together and for Keller to trust Paul and tech Paul valuable life lessons. Paul becomes uninterested in completing music tasks this may have been impacted from his commitments at school and his growing interest in girls such as Rosie. Keller realises this and knows from experience that he can’t do much to put Paul back on the track. He is harsh towards Paul when he is being distracted by girls and school but this is Keller’s way of trying to bring him back on track and to show him that he needs to not let Rosie get in the way of everything that he does, and to change him as a