The paradox is that although its understandable that he is upset because his wife was having an affair, its simply cynical of him when considering the fact that he was having an affair of his own with Myrtle.
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Dee thinks that Mama and Maggie do not understand or appreciate their heritage because they routinely use the family items that Dee thinks should be preserved. First, she marvels over the rump prints in the benches that her father made when they were too poor to buy chairs. Then, she insists that she wants Grandma Dee's butter dish (even though she doesn't want to keep her name, same as her grandmother's), then the churn top and the dasher: all of which Mama and Maggie still use in daily life.
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im not sure but its what i think
