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Leonardo Da Vinci once said, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.� If that is the case, then Maggie wins hands down over her older sister, Dee, whom, from what seems the beginning, has been her family’s ultimate representation of the externally cosmopolitan, debased, and contemporarily delusional woman “getting-in-touch-with-her-inner-self-through-learning-about-her-heritage-in-a-white-and-‘americanized’-educational-institution.� And, whereas Maggie is the soft, gentle, and truly “educated� woman of their ancestors as shown through Alice Walker’s quilt motif utilized in her story, “Everyday Use.�

First, consider Dee, also known as “Wangero,� as she likes to call herself because she says she can no longer bear being named (and called) after the people who oppress her (Walker 29). This woman, the very same person that was borne of the same mother as Maggie, has a totally different outlook of and approach to life than her counterpart. As mama......

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