Why is it important for Mama to be the narrator in "Everyday Use"? .

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it is important that Mama is the narrator:

Mrs. Johnson is
the narrator of this story, overseeing its events and interpreting, more through her actions
than her words, their significance. 

She knows both her
daughters very well. She loves both her daughters very well. She tells the truth. She doesn't
seem to favor one daughter more than the other, but she does give Maggie the quilts. Mama is
fair in this. She knows that Maggie will use the quilts and appreciate the reason the quilts
were made. As the title expresses, the quilts were made for everyday use. The quilts were not
made to become an attractive heirloom for Dee's walls. 

Mama wants the quilts
to be used. She knows Maggie has the best intentions for the quilts. Mama knows that Maggie has
fond memories of her Grandmother Dee who made the quilts:

Maggie is attached to the quilts because they make her think of Grandma Dee. Thus,
although the woman is dead, she represents the cherished family presence that lives on in
Maggie's and her mother's connection to the past.

Mama is
a fair narrator. She does not show favortism. She realizes that Dee does not appreciate the fact
that she has her grandmother Dee's namesake. Dee has changed her name. She is so consumed with
her African heritage until she has forgotten what her grandmother Dee represents.

Mama is a fair narrator. She just reports the facts. She realizes Dee is caught up in
some African heritage that is really so distant until it does not truly belong to Dee. She
allows Dee to have the butter churn top. She wants Dee to have something. 

Mama does seem to sympathize with Maggie as far as the quilts are concerned, but she
does this because Dee has already been given an education. Mama seems to question whether that
education has made Dee think she is superior to Maggie. As narrator, Mama would never allow Dee
to show herself more superior to Maggie. Dee received the education. Maggie deserves the
quilts.