Leonardo Da Vinci once said: "Simplicity is the greatest sophistication". If so, then Maggie wins hands down over her older sister, Dee, who, from the beginning, has been her family's definitive representation of the outwardly cosmopolitan, degraded, and simultaneously delusional woman who "gets in touch" with- the-inner-self-through-learning-her-heritage-in-a-white-and-Americanized-educational-institution." And, while Maggie is the soft, kind, and truly "educated" woman of their ancestors, as shown by Alice Walker's quilt pattern used in her story, "Everyday Use." First, consider Dee, also known as "Wangero," as she likes to call herself because she says she can't stand being called anymore ( and called) by the name of the people who oppress her (Walker 29). This woman, the same person born from the same mother as Maggie, has a totally different outlook and approach to life than her counterpart. he is the kind of person who “wanted beautiful things” and who, at sixteen, “had a style of his own: and he knew what style was” (26). Furthermore, that she is a woman of "flair," "brightness," and "an intense style that really blocks out the sun," as Houston A. Baker and Charlotte Pierce-Baker speak in their critical essay on Alice Walker's use of la quilt in “Everyday Use” (“Patches: Quilts and Community”159). His perspective seems to be aimed at a grand aesthetic and grandeur provided by and through his artificial (non-functional) definition of art and heritage illustrated, for example, in his desire to use the churn carved by his Uncle Buddy as a central element for the his alcove. instead of as an actual churn, and his mother's quilt had to be hung rather than used (Walker 31; 33). In his obvious misunderstanding of the term “heritage,” he defines it as objects (the bench, the quilt, etc.) rather than as people who preserve their traditions through participation in them – people, like his sister, who learned to quilt (Walker 33-34). She is the great opposite of Maggie. Since the house that her sister hated burned down and she was partially burned by the fire, Maggie's character, physical and mental difference, as well as ability, on the part of her sister Dee, have improved. defined (Walker 25). As time passed from there and they became women, she gained darker skin color, shallower figure, uglier hair, burn scars, and academically uneducated mind (Walker 25-26). And, at the same time, so does she