Friday 2 February 2018

What does Mama realize about her daughters at the end of the story "Everyday Use"?

At the end
of "," Mama realizes that Maggie is deserving of appreciation and attention and that
Dee is hardly an authority on family matters.  Throughout the story, Mama admits that she has
not paid much attention to Maggie who is quiet and unassuming.  Maggie has lived her life in the
shadow of her younger sister Dee.  But at the end of the story, Maggie proves that she knows the
family's heritage, and she is the one who can remember which uncle whittled the churn and which
uncle whittled the dasher.  Maggie has also learned how to quilt just like her mother and
grandmother, so she is the daughter who will carry on the family's traditions.  Dee, on the
other hand, has always presented as knowledgeable, and certainly her formal education lends to
this image.  Dee never really had true friends, just people who admired her intelligence and
listened to what she had to say.  But at the end of the story, Mama realizes that Dee does not
really want to be a part of the Johnson family and its traditions--she simply wants to make the
family's heritage a spectacle to show her friends.  As a result, Mama opts to turn all her
attention to Maggie and let Dee go back to the life that she has chosen to
live.

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