have the luxury of affording things just to collect dust as decorations. Everything that she owned growing up was put to every day use. This also contradicts Dee’s desire to own things that will make her new home look fancy. All of these small personality differences cause the disagreement about respecting their heritage because it causes them to have different out looks on their heritage. Dee thinks that just because something has been used before, it should be known as priceless. On the other hand, the mother believes that since she grew up using everything that she owned, the heirlooms should be put to use as well.
Another thing that will cause disagreements between family members is setting unrealistic expectations for each other. In the story, the narrator describes a hypothetical situation where they are both on a TV show embracing each other. The narrator dreams of having this special bond with her daughter where they reach each others expectations. “Sometimes I dream a dream in whish Dee and I are suddenly brought together on a TV program of this sort… Then we are on the stage and Dee is embracing me with tears in her eyes.” (843) This contrast between fantasy vs.
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unemotional interactions between the two characters when they meet. When Dee arrives at the house she doesn’t run to her mother and say she misses her. Instead she walks slowly and gives her mother a