To love or to hate Dee

          Everyday Use by Alice Walker displays the harsh relationship between Dee, her mother and Maggie. Dee seems to be unsympathetic to her family. She seems to have hostile feelings for them and only wants to go away. However, Dee shows a more apologetic attitude once she realizes that the quilts cannot be hers and mean more to Maggie. Dee's character seemed to change with the mother's victory. The mother never had been harsh to Dee and this radical behavior changed Dee. Dee became shocked and learned that she is not the only person that matters. The mother and Maggie share both feelings of love and hate toward Dee. They both love her as she is a member of their family. She is wanted and she does not visit often. She is hated because of her actions and attitude toward their family. Dee does not like her family that much. She always wanted to go away. She wants her family to change to the way she wants it: modern and normal. Maggie and the mother love Dee for herself but also wish that she would be a part of the family.