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Character’s Role: Bodie (legally Preston Broadus) is a dealer in HBO’s The Wire who starts out in Avon Barksdale’s drug organization. Bodie was the number two man in the low-rises under D Barksdale and later goes independent. Bodie was brought up by his grandmother and entered the game as a young hopper at 13 years old when he began dealing for Barksdale’s people. He lives his life strictly by the code of a dealer in the drug game and that is where he gets his sense of honor. He follows commands from Stringer and Avon (even the tough ones that are targeted at his friends), he does not snitch, and he is a hard worker trying to slowly climb up the ranks. He’s clever (managing to claim entrapment to avoid time in prison at the end of season 1) and he has plenty of pride and spirit (refusing to leave his territory even as Chris Partlow and Snoop, the coldest murderers in the series, are baring down on him). Just as Jimmy McNulty tells him, he’s a “true soldier.” Continue reading →