In Everyday Use, Mama is described as a big-boned woman with rough hands that were worn from years of hard labor. She worn overalls, and was both mother and father to her daughters’ Dee and Maggie. Mama was very poor and uneducated like most she wasn’t given the opportunity to escape her rural lifestyle. Although she was a loving mother, her outspoken, upfront nature forbids her from lying when it comes to her daughters downfalls. Mama understanding of her heritage wouldn’t allow her to let Wangero (Dee) to take the family quilts. (p.78) She critically describes wary, weakening Maggie’s restrictions, and Dee causes an even more critical evaluation. Mama feel bitter about the education, style, and air of superiority that Dee has developed over
