The Runaway Piano (OT)

[Barbara Richmond]

Wow!!  That was great!!!!

Thanks, Ron!


Barbara Richmond, RPT
somewhere near Peoria, IL

PS  Are you related to Mr. Bill?



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: The Runaway Piano (OT)


>
> >Literature 101 Assignment:
> >
> >What was the author's overall message in this story?
>
> Never eat the little mushrooms with the fringe. Or at least stay away from
> any permanent recording media for at least a day after.
>
>
> >Please explain how the different stages of life are represented in the
text.
>
> I got older just reading it. I shudder to think what it did to the author.
>
>
> >What do the characters, Mr. & Mrs. Dick, represent?
>
> Themselves. There was no mention of literary agents in this story unless
> the Dicks are undisclosed agents, in which case they might well have
> represented each other unless they were misrepresented altogether in this
> story in which case they might very well sue. Did any of these characters
> represent a lawyer, do you suppose?
>
>
> >How would have Trumpel's reaction differed if he believed in an
afterlife?
>
> He would surely have waxed philosophical, and the story would have been
> much longer. All that waxing might well have enhanced his looks though,
and
> thus his market value, possibly saving him from the axe only to relegate
> him to eternity as a decorative picture shelf just left of someone's
> fireplace, possibly a literary agent's, thus sending yet another level of
> confusing messages to the aging readers who plod on awaiting the elusive
> punch line.
>
>
> >Explain why the one-tusk elephant is significant.
>
> Ask around. Any elephant loose in an antique shop is significant,
> regardless of the number of tusks - up to and including two. Note too,
that
> we aren't told which tusk is missing, and which is left. If the left is
> missing and the right is left, then is the right tusk the right tusk to be
> left, or would the left be the right to be left, which would make the
right
> the missing one? This information could have been given some significance
> that would not only have cleared up the omission, but also somewhat
> enhanced the story, possibly guaranteeing that the author would be famous
> someday. At least for a while. Or not.
>
> I hope this helps clear up a few of the murkier symbolic aspects of this
> piece. Happy reading from your old Uncle Wookie.
>
> Ron N
>


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