Maggie and Momma have a different personality from Dee. Dee is very self-centered whereas Maggie and Momma have a different way of thinking.
Dee is different from Maggie and Momma in many ways. She is prettier looking and is used to getting what she wants. She is ashamed of her family and her heritage and therefore changed many things about her life like her name and her hair. Dee also thinks she is better than Maggie and Momma because they live in poverty and aren’t as pretty. Dee acts like a “bully” to Maggie which normally, Maggie will give in to Dee.
Maggie and Dee also have a different view on the quilts. Dee wants to hang them as decoration while Maggie wants to treat them like actual quilts. Dee complains about this when Momma wants to give them to Maggie. Momma still stands up for Maggie and because of this, the latter is very happy at the end of the story because for once, she could do what she actually wanted to do and didn’t have to cower to Dee.
Education also plays a role in this story because Dee went to school and Maggie and Momma didn’t. Because she went to school, Dee thinks that she is better than Maggie and Momma and deserves more than them. Education separates Dee from Maggie and Momma.
Because of education, looks, and her mindset, Dee is different from Maggie and Momma who are less self centered. They also care about different things, Dee cares about appearances while Maggie and Momma don’t really care about how they look.