Every Good Boy
Every Good Boy
- By David Nicholls
Can a piano have an effect on people? It definitely can. It can make people happy, it can get people in a good mood and it can play wonderful music for the ears. But what about a bad effect?
In this short story the piano plays a very big role. It goes from being a big joy for the narrator, to become a satanic piano that were never to be touched again, because of a big fear…
The short story is about a nine-year old boy. He was not good at anything. He was actually remarkable for being entirely without ability. His sister was a gifted and influential majorette, and his older brother could dismantle thing. But he, he could not do anything. His parents were very confused over their sons lacking abilities, because they believed that “Everybody can be something”. One day, the narrator’s father gets an old piano that is descripted as a black lacquered monster. The narrator is very thrilled about getting a piano, and thinks immediately that this is his talent. Just like Mozart. He was composing concerts at de age of nine, so why couldn’t he? He started to play the piano, and it sounded absolutely terrible. Even his mom couldn’t stand listening to that horrible noise. So his family arranged to let him take piano lessons for 50 pens an hour, at an old woman who lived across the street. Mrs Patricia Chin was her name, and she was about 70-years old. Mrs Chin tries her best to get the boy to learn how to play the piano. But without any luck… There was absolutely no improvement to hear. But the narrator was a very stubborn boy. He would not give up, even though both Mrs Chin and his mother had told him to consider that opportunity. He continued playing the piano at Mrs Chins house. He even had to pay more money to continue his lessons. But one day at a piano lesson, the narrator heard a sudden groan from Mrs Chin. Her face was fallen down on the piano. In a second the boy just thought it was her way to get loose of all her
- By David Nicholls
Can a piano have an effect on people? It definitely can. It can make people happy, it can get people in a good mood and it can play wonderful music for the ears. But what about a bad effect?
In this short story the piano plays a very big role. It goes from being a big joy for the narrator, to become a satanic piano that were never to be touched again, because of a big fear…
The short story is about a nine-year old boy. He was not good at anything. He was actually remarkable for being entirely without ability. His sister was a gifted and influential majorette, and his older brother could dismantle thing. But he, he could not do anything. His parents were very confused over their sons lacking abilities, because they believed that “Everybody can be something”. One day, the narrator’s father gets an old piano that is descripted as a black lacquered monster. The narrator is very thrilled about getting a piano, and thinks immediately that this is his talent. Just like Mozart. He was composing concerts at de age of nine, so why couldn’t he? He started to play the piano, and it sounded absolutely terrible. Even his mom couldn’t stand listening to that horrible noise. So his family arranged to let him take piano lessons for 50 pens an hour, at an old woman who lived across the street. Mrs Patricia Chin was her name, and she was about 70-years old. Mrs Chin tries her best to get the boy to learn how to play the piano. But without any luck… There was absolutely no improvement to hear. But the narrator was a very stubborn boy. He would not give up, even though both Mrs Chin and his mother had told him to consider that opportunity. He continued playing the piano at Mrs Chins house. He even had to pay more money to continue his lessons. But one day at a piano lesson, the narrator heard a sudden groan from Mrs Chin. Her face was fallen down on the piano. In a second the boy just thought it was her way to get loose of all her