Paragraph 77, after mama snatching the quilts and dumping into Maggie , why did Dee give up to snatch the quilts again and turned without a word ? We can see her determination in having these quilts from the words "securely" "clutch" .It was so abnormal !

1403-13Is Dee really hate Maggie? 

1403-27: In the para55，why did Maggie hang back in the kitchen over the dishpan？Was she afraid to face Dee？

1403-27:1、What's the function of the paragraph 15？Why does the mother introduce Dee's friends？2、in the para36，“He just stood there grinning，looking down on me…” What kind of emotion does this sentence represent？

1404-03  At the last part ,why maggie smiled?  

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In paragraph 14,why "i"have deliberately turned my back on the house? To show mama is similar with the house,and she hopes the house doesn't remind her the fire and sadness or something what?

140402:In paragraph11,"I uesd to think she hated Maggie,too."who hate Maggie in addition to Dee?

1404--25 What does "Maggie's brain is like an elephant's" in Para.53 mean? Does it satirize Maggie that she seems be able to remember anything?

1404-26:In paragraph 68, [But they're priceless!]

 Why the 'priceless' is wrote in italic?

1404-33How to understand the subtitle 'for your grandma'?

1404 35:paragraph 75 “I” use “Miss Wangero's” show the alienated about them? Does the mother think   the Dee is not her daughter anymore?

 1404-30：In paragraph 11,the last sentence, how to undersand this sentence structure?

1404--31 In this story,“I”claimed frequently that she was like a man .What did "I" want to express?

1404-29 In the end ,Maggie smiled, a real smile. Why did she smile ?

1404-27：In Para4:"She pins on my dress a large orchid, even though she has told me once that she thinks or chides are tacky flowers." 

Dose the author use a foreshadowing here?

Does the author encourage us to think that there are some difference between Dee and the mom?

Dee thinks that she is a tasteful woman but her mom is fit for something tackys.