Summary Of Sutter's Ghost By August Wilson

Furthermore, the play author August Wilson was cleaver when introducing Sutter’s character. When first introduced the author only implied that Sutter was a land owner that had died falling in a well by the Yellow Dog ghost. There was no indication of Sutter race or of any relationship between the families. Only after Bernice had saw Sutter ghost in the house did the author give note to Sutter’s family being slave master and owning Bernice and Boy Willie family. I believe the author wanted the audience to understand and attempt to relate to how the African-American family thought they could never escape their history of slavery. For instance, Sutter’s ghost was correlated not only to the family but to the piano. Boy Willie stated in the play