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After Wangero asks for the quilts for the first time, Mama shares that she promised to give them to Maggie at her wedding. Upset by this response, Wangero quickly attempts to convince her mother that Maggie isn't worthy of having the quilts. In paragraph 12, Wangero claims “maggie can't appreciate the quilts” and “She’d probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use.” She was trying to appeal to her mother's love and attachment to the quilts. She wanted to explain to her mother that if she gave maggie the quilts, they would get ruined so instead she should let Wangero have them so they could be preserved. This attempt to persuade her mom failed because Wangero didn't understand her mother's desire for the quilt. In paragraph 13, her mother says that she had been hanging on them for long enough and wants Maggie to get use out of them. Wangero doesn’t view it the same way and consequentially doesn't persuade her mother to give her the quilts. …show more content…

It doesn't matter if they get ruined because it's not the quilts themselves that matter it’s the memories that are tied to the quilts. Mama doesn't want to give Wangero the quilts because she cares more about the specific quilts than the memories and history behind them. In paragraph 16 she says “You don't understand. The point is these quilts, these quilts” She is so set on having those specific quilts that she's overlooking the actual meaning. Mama doesn't want them to be display pieces she wants them to be used and

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