# Bertully — There Is Confusion character guide

> Bertully in There Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Monsieur Bertully

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

A French music teacher who instructs Joanna in singing.

## In the story

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/chapters/xii)

Joanna's dance teacher who holds extra classes for her and believes in her future. He is described as a foreigner who is truly artistic and willing to go to great trouble for art.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/chapters/xiii)

Monsieur Bertully is Joanna's dance teacher, who choreographs the benefit performance for the Pierce Day Nursery.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/chapters/xvi)

Joanna's dance instructor who accompanies her to meetings with managers, believing in her talent.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/there_is_confusion_se/chapters/xvii)

Bertully is referenced as the person with whom Joanna took trips where she faced racial slurs from other girls.

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