Mom gives her what she wants in life, which is a college education. Mom plans to give Maggie the quilts she has made, as well as other family items. They see no point in presenting their possessions to those around them, but prefer to use them sensibly in their daily lives. They use the quilts as they were designed, as covers to keep warm at night, and use the mixer to churn the butter. Although shocked by Dee's appearance and mannerisms, Mom and Maggie are happy to see their daughter/sister. He gives them new details about his life and tries to encourage them to be more like the modern world, taking on new identities and becoming less naive about what goes on in the everyday culture around them. However, they are happy with who they are, where they are in life. They care deeply about their ancestors, but as David Coward says in his article "Heritage and Deracination in Walker's 'Everyday Use,'" "for Maggie and her mother the idea of ​​heritage is perpetually subordinated to the fact of a living tradition , a tradition in which a generation stays in touch with its predecessors