Question

Read the passage. from "everyday use" by alice walker when i looked at her like that something hit me in the top of my head and ran down to the soles of my feet. just like when i'm in church and the spirit of god touches me and i get happy and shout. i did something i never had done before: hugged maggie to me, then dragged her on into the room, snatched the quilts out of miss wangero's hands and dumped them into maggie's lap. maggie just sat there on my bed with her mouth open. what does the narrator's treatment of maggie reveal about the narrator? the narrator values her close family ties with maggie more than her heritage as defined by dee. the narrator has decided not to protect maggie anymore and is going to let maggie defend herself. the narrator feels sorry for maggie and wants to make life easier for her younger daughter. the narrator believes god wants her to give the quilts to maggie instead of to wangero.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A.

Even after Dee tells her that Maggie will not know how to take care of the quilts and accuses her mother of not knowing her own heritage, the narrator still keeps her promise of giving the quilts to her younger daughter.

This actions proves that the narrator believes that her relationship with her daughter Maggie is much more important that what Dee believes to be their heritage.

Answer 2

The narrator’s treatment of Maggie might seem harsh if one has not understood the overall context in which the scene takes place. The novel is about an African-American Mama and her two daughters, Maggie and Dee. The plot surrounds The Quilts which are full of the family heritage. And the Mama wants to give two of the most important Quilts to Maggie while Dee wants to prevent the situation arguing that Maggie would not be careful enough to take care of the Quilts and they would get destroyed.

When the Mama Hugs Maggie and drags her into the room to snatch the Quilts out of Dee’s hands the Narrator values her close family ties with Maggie more than her heritage as defined by Dee Because she is giving more importance to the fact Maggie is her younger daughter than to the importance of the Quilts and their heritage.

So the final answer to this question is: the narrator values her close family ties with Maggie more than her heritage as defined by Dee.