Characterization 3 - Everyday Use

"But they're priceless." pg. 180

Dee and Maggie could not be any more opposite than they are. Maggie has a very shy and timid persona. Oppositely, Dee is very outspoken and driven. I think that Dee is going about embracing her heritage in the wrong way. It is like she is trying too hard to make life what she thinks its supposed to be. She needs to rather, let the heritage come to her. If she wouldn't have basically disowned her family, I think she could have learned a lot about who she really is. I think the characterization of the mother is deceiving. Even though she isn't well educated, she still has a wealth of knowledge about where she came from. If Dee would have spoken to her mother about their family history, she would have been able to connect to her heritage on a deeper level. It would have encompassed her life rather than being forced on her.