In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker when Dee was arguing with her mother about who get to have the quilt made by Grandma Dee, Maggie offers for Dee to have them, “like somebody used to never winning anything, or having anything reserved for her” (page 6). Walker only describe  Maggie’s tone when she said “She (Dee) can have them,” but I can imagine Maggie probably have her head droop down looking at her feet, maybe even playing with her fingers to distract herself from the sadness of never able to own something she wants.

Growing up with a sister, there were many moments in my life where my sister and I fight over toys, clothes and other little stuffs. Unlike Maggie, when my sister said to my mother “She can have them” she said it to gain sympathy from my mother so it will result in her winning over the object we were fighting for or my mother would get her something nicer then the one I have.

I remember 2007 Black Friday, I was in seventh grade and my sister was in fourth grade, and it was not usually for a teenager to own a personal laptop during that time period. My mother thought it would be a good chance to get my sister and I a new MP3 player, but I can also get a personal laptop for school purposes. I was really excited about that news, but my sister was not. She wined to my mother about how I can always get new and advance stuff because I am the oldest and she only get the old stuff pass down by me. I tried to be rational and asked why does a fourth grader need a personal laptop for? So my sister gets all droopy and teary and said “She can have them” I guess my mother thought it was unfair that my sister doesn’t always have the chance to get new things. So in result, my sister end up getting a new MP3 player and a laptop and I only have a MP3 player. I seriously thought I was adopted.