Read pp. 12-14. There are two incidents/moments that beg for a response.
Read these pages and respond to one of the 'moments' in any way you choose, either as a journal entry, personal reflection, letter or something else.
The ‘moment’ when Paul is forbidden to play Chopin by Herr Keller. If I were Paul in this part of the book, I would have been infuriated. I am the type of person who likes to get straight into things, and would rather fail, then have to practice. It would have annoyed and angered me that my teacher would not have let me play piano for him. Perhaps I was not to become a great pianist, maybe only a good pianist. Herr knew that Paul could have the potential to become a great pianist, so maybe that is the reason why he was not allowed to play. I also see this in Herr’s POV. If Herr was going to spend his time teaching piano to Paul, he may as well teach him the fundamentals so that he can succeed, instead of skipping those first important lessons that people usually forget about, resulting in only reaching the halfway point of a musical career. Herr also knew that if Paul was serious about his piano, he would endure the hours of non-playing lessons to please him.
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