In the story "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, how is Dee responsible for the house fire?

Dee may
or may not have caused the house fire in 's short story " ." She does, however, watch
the fire consume the house as she stands nearby under a tree. Dee has only contempt for the old
house and what it represents to her. She surely must know that the loss of the house will
devastate Maggie and her mother, but she does nothing to try to prevent the house from burning
to the ground. Dee does not appreciate practicality or the life that Maggie and her mother live
in the old house. Dee only wants to take relics of the house to put on display; she does not
intend to use them or to...