Dee is described as having light skin, nice hair, and a fuller figure than her sister. In the mid-sixties, those with light skin and nice hair were treated better because they were closer to white. Being so beautiful, Dee wanted nice things, such as clothes, although her family could not afford them. She therefore makes her own clothes out of other people's old clothing. She is a very confident and secure young lady. She knows what she wants out of life and no one is going to stop her from getting it. She knows she has an advantage with her light skin to get ahead in life, and she is going to try to get there and let nothing get in her way.

Dee feels that her family is way behind her. She is scornful of her family's way of life, their house, and possessions. Her attitude is picked up as "arrogance" but it is just the way she is. She is a woman who wants the very best for herself and her family. There is no harm in that, and Dee knows that it is okay to want the best. She just wants her family to be on the same page as she is. Going to college has totally changed her mind, she wants her family to step into the future and be a part of the world as it is. As she leaves home, she tells her sister Maggie that "it's really a new day for us. But from the way you and Mama still live you'd never know it" (76).

Dee may seem like a hard and difficult character to get along with, she probably was, because of her high standards she put on people. But she did that only to look out for herself and not to settle for less. Her problem was not accepting people for who they were despite their faults. Another problem she had she did not understand her family history; she went by what people said not by what was out there, the truth. By not finding out the truth she was subject to listen to whatever came her way. Once again, you cannot blame her for who she is, but one can encourage her to become a better person.

o give to her. She wants them now because of the history and heritage that inside the quilts. But it is for the wrong reasons. She is following a cultural trend of going back to your roots and your family history. She wants these old items to satisfy the trend, not her own understanding of her family. Dee is "fake", one minute she hates the family "heirlooms", the next she wants everything to do with it because it is the latest trend. She has no appreciation for anything once it is there right in front of her.

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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)