She insists the mother gives the quilts to her and argues, “Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts! she said. She’d probably be backwards enough to put them to everyday use”(320). What wangero fails to realize is that the quilts were created with the intention of being put to “everyday use”. Maggie learned to quilt from her grandmother who had created the quilts, and thus would be more likely to use these quilts every night and think of her family and those who made it and the memories they shared, whereas Dee would hang them up on a wall somewhere until they were no longer in style. The quilt is of nothing but material value to Wangero, as explained when she pleas, “But they’re priceless!”(320). They are simply wall decorations to her, something that could easily be bought and sold that holds no sentimental value, no relation to her culture for
She insists the mother gives the quilts to her and argues, “Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts! she said. She’d probably be backwards enough to put them to everyday use”(320). What wangero fails to realize is that the quilts were created with the intention of being put to “everyday use”. Maggie learned to quilt from her grandmother who had created the quilts, and thus would be more likely to use these quilts every night and think of her family and those who made it and the memories they shared, whereas Dee would hang them up on a wall somewhere until they were no longer in style. The quilt is of nothing but material value to Wangero, as explained when she pleas, “But they’re priceless!”(320). They are simply wall decorations to her, something that could easily be bought and sold that holds no sentimental value, no relation to her culture for