The Stolen Child Analysis

One important event in The Stolen Child that influenced the outcome of the story was when Henry began to take piano lessons. He had a natural talent that few have, and his mother refused to pass up the opportunity of piano lessons with Mr. Martin: “A tall, thin man, his white hair long and shaggy, and wrinkles embedded in his face.” As the years passed, Henry became more and more skilled at the piano, but began losing passion for it. Nonetheless, he continued playing as a teenager in a band just to help his widowed mother financially. He continued to dreadfully play until he was a newlywed. There, he fell in love with the instrument again after playing an organ in an empty cathedral in Germany. “Playing music is one vivid memory from my other