The narrator describes herself as "a large big boned women with rough, man-working hands", and someone who wears overalls during the day and flannel pajamas at night". She can "kill and clean a hog as mercilessly as a man". This statement helps me to visualize a very rustic women. If she had just said " I am large", and "I live on a farm", I would be left in the dark as to her lifestyle. In the way she describes herself she lets me in on the environment that she lives in as well as how hard she works in that environment.

When mama first talks about Dee and says, "Hesitation was not part of her nature", and "She would always look anyone in the

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read on and see what was going to transpire between Dee and Maggie when they finally come together. Mama did not just say that Dee and Maggie were as different as night and day she went on to describe them in a way that explained each ones demeanor.

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When Dee begins here pilfering through the house and naming all of the items she would like to have I found myself wanting to slap her. The narrator tells me that Maggie remembers the history behind all of the objects that Dee wants, making Dees actions even more intolerable. Dee only wants the items because they have a monetary value. The narrator lets me know this when Dee says she does not want the quilts that have the machine stitching on them. Dee also, "gasped, like a bee stung her" when she heard that Mama had promised the quilts to Maggie. This made me feel that Dee thought she was better than Maggie was. She did not merely react she reacted " like a bee stung her", which gives me a feeling, to go wit

Some common words found in the essay are:
Dee Maggie, Instead Dee, Everyday Chapter, Dee Dees, Dee Hesitation, Wangero Hakim-a-barber, Mama Maggie, , Maggie Mama, dee maggie, bee stung, dee quilts, story narrator,
Approximate Word count = 732
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)