Reaction to Short Story by Alice Walker 

While reading Alice Walker's short story, I was enraged by Dee's behavior. Before her obsession with her African Heritage, she hated her roots. When Dee returned home, she was newly interested in her grandmothers authentic quilt. Dee's African interest was hypocritical, almost fake. Before she left for college, she had not wanted it when her mother offered it to her, however after she returned home she was desperate to steal her sister Maggies quilt.