journal #5 for the Piano Lesson

after going back to the section i was assigned to read, i realized i had actually read too much when i missed a day of school. instead of moving on and reading ahead, i decided to go back and re-read most of the chapter and analyze even more. what i noticed the second time around was that Berniece seems to put her history abouve her family, aside from her daughter. i also find it odd that her daughter isn't in the story as much. you'd think she'd be more protective and that her daughter would be in the story more. the leader of the group of boys and brothers seems to be either lymon or boy willie, becaus boy willie is the one calling everyone a nigger, which seems to be a power thing except for the fact that he is black too.