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English, 24.07.2019 03:50, juliajordan427

Why does the narrator want maggie to have the quilts instead of dee

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English, 23.06.2019 21:20, sierravick123owr441

Read this passage from "everyday use." what is revealed about the narrator by the dialogue and actions? when i looked at her like that something hit me in the top of my head and ran down to the soles of my feet. just like when i'm in church and the spiritof god touches me and i get happy and shout. i did something i never done before: hugged maggie to me, then dragged her on into the room,snatched the quilts out of miss wangero's hands and dumped them into maggie's lap. maggie just sat there on my bed with her mouth open."take one or two of the others," i said to dee.the narrator is angry at maggie and agrees with dee.the narrator has always loved maggie more than she lovedthe narrator will no longer allow maggie to be treated badly.the narrator doesn't care who takes the quilts as long as the bickering stops.

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English, 29.06.2019 10:30, Kin90ful

How does the narrator react to maggie's offer to let dee keep the quilts? a. she reminds maggie that she wants dee to have the quilts. b. she yells at maggie for allowing dee to walk all over her. c. she offers to mend the quilts before dee takes them away. d. she hugs maggie and tells dee that maggie can keep the quilts.

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English, 12.07.2019 03:00, jedsgorditas

Read the passage. from "everyday use" by alice walker when i looked at her like that something hit me in the top of my head and ran down to the soles of my feet. just like when i'm in church and the spirit of god touches me and i get happy and shout. i did something i never had done before: hugged maggie to me, then dragged her on into the room, snatched the quilts out of miss wangero's hands and dumped them into maggie's lap. maggie just sat there on my bed with her mouth open. what does the narrator's treatment of maggie reveal about the narrator? the narrator values her close family ties with maggie more than her heritage as defined by dee. the narrator has decided not to protect maggie anymore and is going to let maggie defend herself. the narrator feels sorry for maggie and wants to make life easier for her younger daughter. the narrator believes god wants her to give the quilts to maggie instead of to wangero.

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English, 04.11.2019 21:31, roman2328

[dee (wangero) is still admiring the quilts, but the narrator explains that she has promised them to maggie as a wedding present.] she gasped like a bee had stung her. “maggie can’t appreciate these quilts! ” she said. “she’d probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use.” . . [the narrator exclaims that she hopes maggie will use the quilts. no one has used them all this time that she has saved them. she also remembers that dee (wangero) had once told her that the quilts were old-fashioned and that she didn’t want to take one to college with her.] “but they’re priceless! ” she was saying now, furiously; for she has a temper. “maggie would put them on the bed and in five years they’d be in rags. less than that! ” . . in “everyday use” by alice walker, what does dee’s dialogue reveal about her feelings toward her sister? a. she believes maggie is simple and ignorant. b. she is jealous that maggie has the quilts. c. she thinks maggie does not deserve marriage. d. she sees maggie as a source of competition.

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