Every possible type of character is displayed in this short story. Dee starts out the story as a stereotypical light-skinned black person. Feeling as though she was better than everyone else was because her: waist was small, skin was light, a nice grade of hair, and she was somewhat educated. Dee was in a hurry to get out of the country and never come back. She wrote to her mother saying "no matter where we choose to live, she will manage to come see us. But she will never bring her friends" (Walker 63), letting everyone know that she thought she was too good to continue to take part in her heritage. Maggie was portrayed as a flat character. The reader is not told much about her, and she never changes throughout the whole story. The mothe

Walker uses this short story to speak out to the young black youth of America. She was tired of the beliefs probed into the heads of her fellow people. Especially those put into the heads of the lighter black community. She gave the character's true characteristic so the readers could see themselves, and maybe correct whatever is going wrong in there own lives. Symbolism was a strong point in this short story so the readers could relate to their own lives. Her dynamic theme was put across in a way that everyone who reads this story can relate. She was telling her people to live each day of life to the fullest, and do not over look anything directly in their path.

The whole theme of this story is do not take any thing for granted there is no guarantees on anything. Dee looked at her country life and was not happy because she chose to see her life in a negative way. Instead of seeing all of the positive aspects of her life she chose to be unhappy. She would not except the quilts when her mother offered them to her because they stood for country living. If she had only opened her eyes and seen the history or even the love put into the making of those quilts they would have been her's. Walker used Dee

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