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Maggie envies Dee and thinks that the world revolves around her. "She thinks her sister has held life...that "no" is a word the world never learned to say to her." (Lines 9-10)

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Maggie and Dee are sisters. Maggie is a shy person and ashamed of her scars. She is jealous of easy her sister's life is.

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Maggie is jealous of her sister Dee. She believes Dee gets everything she wants without having to work for it. Maggie is very insecure about herself when it comes to Dee. "Ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister had held life always in the palm of one hand."

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Maggie is more introverted than Dee. Dee seems to have a lot more confidence in herself, and Maggie is jealous of Dee's looks. "Maggie will be nervous... she will stand hopelessly in the corners, homely and ashamed" (line 7)

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We infer the sisters are detached from each other. There is a feeling of resentment. "Maggie will be nervous until after her sister goes... eying her sister with a mixture with envy and awe" (7, 8, 9).

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Maggie introverted and shy towards everything. She won't put herself out there and take opportunities that could help her. "She will stand hopelessly in corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs." (Line 8-9)

Dee will put herself out there. Outgoing and approaches life with a more positive viewpoint. "She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one hand, that 'no' is a word the world never learned to say to her." (Line 9-10)

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Mama daydreams what she does because she wishes she had a better relationship with Dee. It suggests they are not close. "Sometimes I dream a dream in which...we are on stage and Dee is embracing me with tears in her eyes." (Lines 19-23)

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Maggie thinks that her mom admires Dee more than her. She waits for Dee to do anything before she does.

"She will stand hopelessly in corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scares down her arms and legs." (Lines 7-8)

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She wishes her life was more like the TV show so she can make her daughter happy. She wants to impress her daughter with a fancy life instead of living rugged.

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Mama daydreams how she wishes Dee would see her. But she is not perfect like she wants to be.

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Because she dreams of the possibility of Dee appreciating the hard work, she's put in for her. She suggests she loves her daughter and wants to provide the best for her.

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Her Mom really wishes that she would come back, and have that relationship with her. We think that she imagines that so it allows her to think of what their relationship could be in the moment. "

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Mama is proud of Dee's confidence and outgoing personality, however, she wishes they were closer. "Sometimes I dream a dream in which Dee and I are suddenly brought together on a TV program of this sort." (line 19)

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Mama describes herself as a strong, burly woman who has worked very hard for everything she has. "In real life I am a large, big-boned woman with rough, man working hands." (line 26)

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She is more focused on surviving than how she looks. She does not see herself in a good image. "In real life I am a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands." (26)

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She is tough, strong, and independent. She wishes she was more confident like her daughter though. "I can kill and clean a hog as mercilessly as a man." (28)

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She describes herself as a hard worker and the man of the household. She talks about all the things she does to feed and take care of the family and the work she puts in. (line 26-36)

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She is very hard working and has lots of emotions that she conceals from the world. She believes that her emotions don't match her figure and size and is threated by this possibility of weakness. "In real life I am a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands." (Line 26)

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We can infer that she thinks she is strong enough to provide for her daughters. She sees herself as physically strong but her daughters see her as a soft-hearted woman who raised them. "One winter I knocked a bull calf straight in the brain between the eyes with a sledge hammer...I am the way my daughters want me to be" (Lines 31-33)

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She dreams of the life she wished she had. She imagines what Dee would want her to look like and act like.

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Dee thinks that she's better than her sister and mother because she's educated and has a lighter skin tone.

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Dee is trying to show off to her mom to show how much better she is. She shows how much more educated she is then them. Dee wants her life to be better than theirs.

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there is a lot of built-up insecurity in the meet up. We are shown a lot of hatred. Everyone is wanting something changed with each other.

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Dee is ashamed of who she is and her background. She tries to make her mom and sister feel guilty for what they made her live with.

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Dee thinks that she is better than her mother and sister. Dee likes to show off by reading, the clothes she wears, and looks.

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Dee thinks she is better than them. Dee is more educated than both Mama and Maggie. She likes to rub this in their faces. This makes them offended. Since, they do not have the same access to education

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The three of them are insecure of themselves, but Mama and Maggie are jealous of Dee's ability to read. Mama gets upset when Dee reads because she thinks she's showing off. "Pressed us to her with the serious way she read, to shove us away at just the moment, like dimwits, we seemed about to understand" (Lines 67-68).

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Her friends in a way worshiped her of her looks and her personality. They also liked her because she could read things to them.

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Dee and her friends do not talk in a friendly way. She is kind of the leader of all her friends.

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Dee is controlling. People are afraid to say anything to her because they believe she is much better than them.

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She wanted to be in control of everything. She had power over her friends to where they "worshipped her", and she was aggressive.

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Mama and Maggie feel that ever since their old house had burned down, Dee was trying to make something of herself. She showed off the skills that she learned in school, which made Maggie and Mama feel intimidated because they never got the kind education she had. Dee always wants the best of the best and more from her life while Maggie and Mama feel content with their simpler life.

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She is not used to being rejected because everyone intimidated by her and afraid to openly dislike her. "Nervous girls who never laughed. Impressed with her they worshipped the well-turned phrase...She read to them...He flew to marry a cheap city girl...She hardly had time to recompose herself."

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Dee gives off a kind of "queen bee" energy because everyone around her caters to her. Her peers suck to her. "Impressed with her they worshipped the well-turned phase,..." (line 95)