Question

Do you think Dee burned down the first house? Why do you think this way? Mama talks about how Dee hated that house and coldly watched it burn down. But could Dee really be THAT selfish to do something that could, and does, scar her family for life?

Answer 1

Dee thinks that Mama and Maggie do not understand or appreciate their heritage because they routinely use the family items that Dee thinks should be preserved. First, she marvels over the rump prints in the benches that her father made when they were too poor to buy chairs. Then, she insists that she wants Grandma Dee's butter dish (even though she doesn't want to keep her name, same as her grandmother's), then the churn top and the dasher: all of which Mama and Maggie still use in daily life.

Step-by-step explanation:

im not sure but its what i think