1A: In the story, the mother is trying to tell her daughters, Dee and Maggie the importance of heritage by showing them the everyday use of a quilt and how significant it is to their culture. Though, Dee does not value heritage because she changed her name to Wangero. “ Well,'' I say. "Dee.""No, Mama," she says."Not 'Dee,' Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo!"” She also tells her mother that the name Dee is dead. The mother named Dee after their grandmother, but Dee does not think it is important and becomes shallow when her mother explained how important that tradition is. “"She's dead," Wangero said. "I couldn't bear it any longer being named after the people who oppress me." "You know as well as me you was named after your aunt Dicie," I said. …show more content…
The mothers definition of heritage is that she tries to tell her daughters where their names originated from and why the quilts are important, but Dee seem not to care and didn’t think it was that important. Their heritage has been passed down for years and the mother thinks having quilts and passing down names are a part of identity and origins, but her daughter didn’t seem to understand. Although the mother struggled to send Dee to school, not only to understand their family more, but to understand herself. “You just don't understand," she said, as Maggie and I came out to the car. "What don't I understand?" I wanted to know. "Your heritage," she said. And then she turned to Maggie, kissed her, and said, "You ought to try to make something of yourself, too, Maggie.” Maggie wanted to fulfill herself by having a strong sense of accepting the conditions she was in. Dee had no respect for her culture and wanted to avoid any of her