time?" Then she replays, "Was your dad Homer." Once he wins the scholarship goes back to his town. He's worked really hard to accomplish his dream now what's left his dad shows him how proud he is of him. In this scene he's standing up thanking all whole town for their help then he says, "I also want to thank my dad." Right after his voice brakes and looks at his dad standing in the crowd. The appearance of his dad is very meanful to him. All his efforts finally pay off and he makes he's dad very proud. Maggie's respect and support towards her mother made her realized how valuable her daughter really was and she demonstrated her affection by giving her a very meanful quilt. Maggie showed respect to her mother more then Dee did. Her mother was able to realize this fact. Dee proved to be shame of her family something that her sister never showed. The story makes it clear that Dee was confused about the meaning of her heritage. At first she states this by saying "No, Mamma, call me Wangero, I couldn't bear it any longer being named after the people who oppress me." Maggie very different from her sister has showed respect to her by learning knowing about her heritage. This respect was proven also to her mom. Her mother had had a very valuable African American heritage that Maggie learned to appreciate it by quilting. We're able to know this when Dee asks her mother for the quilts. Dee said, "Maggie knows how to quilt" Quilting was tradition for her mother pass down generation by generation since the Civil War. Therefore Maggie's mother knew she's worked hard for them and reacted by telling Dee, "I promised to give the quilts to Maggie, for when she marries John Thomas." Maggie proved to have respect for her mother and a lot of love. This was shown when she says to her mother "She can have them, Mama, I can still remember Grandma Dee without the quilts." After leaving for so long with her mother she deserved those quilts. Instead of fightin...
