use of her scars. Mama describes her like a lame animal run over by an old car says, "She has been like this, chin on chest, eyes on the ground ,feet in shuffle, ever since the fire that burned the other house to the ground" (121). This description of mama is what walker used to describe the attitude of the woman before and after the war. They were the woman who would just nod their heads for yes or no answers. They remained in the corners and will not poster a girl like attitude of Dee. Though, the two sisters were raised in the same family, they developed different perspective in life on how to live with it. The contrasting portrayal depicts the denial of black Americans to their American heritage and the pursuit to look for their African heritage. This denial of American heritage is evident when Dee keeps on discrediting Maggie's words that she even says that her brain is like an elephant until she finally talked to her in just whisper when she left the house.
             As Walker characterized the two natured women, she illustrates the confusion on how people viewed heritage through Dee's and Maggie&ap
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