Introduction
Maggie and Dee are two sisters who have different relationships with their mother. Maggie and her mother have similar characters while Dee’s character contrasts sharply with those of her mother and sister. The difference between the two sisters’ relationships with their mother is due to their varying education levels.
Dee is more educated when compared to her mother and sister. She is also prettier when compared to both of them. As a result, she sees her sister and the mother as inferior to her. The given article highlights the relationships between the mother and her two daughters, Maggie and Dee.
Summary
The relationship between Maggie and her mother can be considered as a good one. The two of them share many similar traits, which make them close to one another. Secondly, they are not very educated; the mother says that she was not well educated and had to quit school because it was closed down when she was in her second grade.
When she asks Maggie to read something to her, Maggie stumbles while reads being an indication that her education level is also very low. She admits herself that she is not bright and not very well knowlegable (Walker and Barbara 26).
Both Maggie and her mother are not good looking; she thinks that Maggie is not beautiful enough to get a good husband. She thinks that she is a fat and big-boned woman whose hands are rough like those of man. She compares her skin to that of uncooked pancake (Walker and Barbara 24). She also highlights that she is what her daughter Maggie would like her to be implying that Maggie acknowledges her while Dee does not.
On the other hand, the relationship between Dee and her mother cannot be consider good and warm. Dee is not proud of her mother because she is not educated and she is bad-mannered. Dee on the contrary is educated and she is pretty; these are the traits her mother has always lacked. The mother can see that Dee’s light skin, nice hair, a nice and slim figure are more beautiful than Maggie’s (Walker and Barbara 25).
The mother does not like her daughter, Dee. In fact, one might say she hates her. Both Maggie and her mother resent Dee and her behaviour although they do not admit it openly (Walker and Barbara 25).
Dee makes her mother feel inferior being the fact that the mother does not like at all. She says that Dee is too knowledgeble for them; they do not want to know what their daughter and sister knows; they do not need it. The mother feels intimidated by Dee and resists the temptation to punish her (Walker and Barbara 25).
Dee is embarrassed by the kind of life their mother lives. In fact, she could not even bring her friends to their home since she did not like the house setting. She rarely went to visit her mother at the time she was courting Jimmy (Walker and Barbara 27). Dee does not acknowledge her mother which strains their relationship to a great extent.
Conclusion
The article under consideration emphasizes the relationship between two daughters who have different relationships with their mother. One daughter, Maggie, has a good relationship with her mother because they have similar personal traits.
They both lack good looks, and are scarcely educated. The other daughter, Dee, has a bad relationship with her mother; she is not proud of her mother because the mother is not as beautiful, and educated like she is.
Works Cited
Walker, Alice, and Barbara Christian.Everyday Use. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, 1994. Print.