"'The truth is,' I said, 'I promised to give them quilts to Maggie, for when she marries John Thomas.'" -pg. 180
This point in the story shows a change of character in the mother. This refusal to let Dee have the quilts represents a permanent change in character. Now that she's had the courage to stand up for her daughter that is scarred and different from older daughter, the two have a closer relationship. The events that foreshadow this is the characterization of the two daughters. The narrator (the mother) seems to have sympathy for Maggie because of her burns and imperfections. This parallels to the way she describes herself as short and fat. She also describes Dee as someone who has always had it all and is picture perfect. This creation of sympathy for Maggie and the mother creates a connection between the two which foreshadows the events of the giving the quilts to Maggie.
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