My Paragraph for the project

    Even though Berniece and Boy Willie love each other, as a family, they don’t care what they say or do to the other person as long as they achieve their dreams, which is to have the piano. In this part of the novel, Berniece tries t avoid conflict by saying “Boy Willie ain’t takin nothing out of this house but himself. Now you go ahead and let him try,” to get him to leave, but he doesn’t listen (98). Berniece says this with a scary kind of authority that made Lymon lisen to Berniece, but Boy Willie doesn’t realize how serious she is being. This part foreshadows the part where Berniece brings down the gun and Boy Willie gets in a fight with Sutter’ ghost. Wilson uses a lot of repitition in this part, like with Berniece continually telling Boy Willie to leave. his makes the reader realize that things are rising to the climax of the novel. This connects to the theme in that people will do whatever it takes to reach their goals, even if it means cheating their families to get it, because of the willingness to severe ties with the other. And by them choosing to be in control of the piano, rather than harmonizing peacefully with their family.