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Berniece can be characterized as very stubborn. 

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Berniece can be characterized as very stubborn. 

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"I ain't selling that that piano, Boy Willie. If that's why you come up here you can just forget about it," (1.1.27).

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Doaker can be characterized as trusting. 

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Doaker can be characterized as trusting. 

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"I believe Berniece seen something. Berniece level-headed. She ain't just made all that up," (1.1.17).

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Berniece can be characterized as harsh. 

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Berniece can be characterized as harsh. 

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"Maretha! You get up here and get ready to go so you be on time. Ain't no need you trying to take advantage of company" (1.1.21).

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Doaker can be characterized as supportive and empathetic. 

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Doaker can be characterized as supportive and empathetic. 

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"Berniece, what's the matter? You alright? What's the matter?... That's alright. Take your time. You alright. What's the matter?" (1.1.12).

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Boy Willie can be characterized as insensitive.

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Boy Willie can be characterized as insensitive.

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"if Berniece don't want to sell that piano... I'm gonna cut it in half and go on and sell my half" (1.1.28).

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Boy Willie can be characterized as manipulative 

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Boy Willie can be characterized as manipulative 

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"Sutter was looking for that piano. That's what he was looking for. He had to die to find out where that piano was at... If i was you i'd get rid of it" (1.1.15)

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 Berniece can be characterized as adamant or headstrong.

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 Berniece can be characterized as adamant or headstrong.

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"Boy Willie, just go on out there and sell them watermelons and you and Lymon leave my house...I thought you and Lymon was going to sell them watermelons...If that's why you come up here you can just forget about it" (1.1.17-27).

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Lymon can be characterized as straightforward

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Lymon can be characterized as straightforward

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"It was just a misunderstanding. Sometimes me and the sheriff we don't think alike. So we just got crossed on each other" (1.16)

"That's all Boy Willie talked about the whole trip up here. I got tired of heating him talk about the piano" (1.19)

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Boy Willie can be characterized as logical.

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Boy Willie can be characterized as logical.

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"The man ain't never left Marlin County whern he las living... and he's gonna come all the way up here now that he's dead?" (1.1.14).

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Berniece can be characterized as protective

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Berniece can be characterized as protective

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"Me and Avery gonna drop you off at the settlement house. You mind them people down there. Don't be going down there showing your color" (1.1.27).

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Boy Willie can be chacterized as persistent.

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Boy Willie can be chacterized as persistent.

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"She ain't gotta sell it. I'm gonna sell it. I own just as much of it as she does." (1. 1. 12)

"You think you ain't got to work up here. You think this the land of milk and honey. But I ain't scared of work. I'm going back and farm every acre of that land." (1. 1. 17)

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" You can't sell no piano. You ain't got the papers for it" (1.1.12)

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Boy Willie can be described as apathetic. 

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Boy Willie can be described as apathetic. 

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"Crawley what? I ain't had nothing to do with Crawley getting killed. Crawley three time seven. He had his own mind" (1.1.15).

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Boy Willie can be characterized as selfishly ambitious. 

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Boy Willie can be characterized as selfishly ambitious. 

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He ignores Berniece's desire to keep the piano as he strives to achieve his goals stating; "If Berniece don't want to sell that piano...I'm going to cut it in half and go on and sell my half." (1.1.28)

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Bernience can be characterized as sentimental

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Bernience can be characterized as sentimental

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"You know she won't touch that piano. I ain't never seen her touch it since Mama Ola died. That's over seven years now. she say it got blood on it. She got Maretha playing on it thoigh. Say Maretha can go on and do everything she can't do" (1.1.10).
"It ain't gonna do you no good. Berniece ain't gonna sell that piano" (1.1.12).

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Boy Willie can be characterized as ignorant and inconsiderate.

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Boy Willie can be characterized as ignorant and inconsiderate.

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"He had to die to find out where that piano was at... If I was you I'd get rid of it. That's the way to get rid of Sutter's ghost. Ghet rid of that piano." (1.1.15)