Even after Dee tells her that Maggie will not know how to take care of the quilts and accuses her mother of not knowing her own heritage, the narrator still keeps her promise of giving the quilts to her younger daughter.
This actions proves that the narrator believes that her relationship with her daughter Maggie is much more important that what Dee believes to be their heritage.
The narrator will no longer allow Maggie to be treated badly.
Explanation:
In the story "Everyday Use", Maggie was always treated inferior from Dee. At the end of the story when Dee ants to carry the quilt along with her to keep it as a symbol of art, she is denied doing so. Their mother was of the view that the regular use and respect given to the quilt will be a thousand times better than placing it as a decor in the house.
