Dee, at least in the story proper, is a static character:
she doesn't change. Her goals are to take the Johnson family artifacts (quilt, butter
churn) as museum pieces for which to brag about her rural Afro past. Her mother does
not grant her either the heirlooms or even a voice. She is passed over and silenced,
much like a stepsister in Cinderella.
As such, I think Dee
is a flat character as well. First of all, this is a short story, and Dee only appears
in half of it. Because her mother does not grant her wishes in the end, she does not
develop enough, even though her name has been changed. Name alone does not a round
character make.
Dee is also an archetypal
Alazon, an impostor, one who thinks she is better and more
deserving than she really is. She is driven by whim, fancy, and passion instead of
substance, courage, and humility.
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