Love Your Heritage Research Paper

Priscila Catunda
Prof. Hargett
ENC 1102
20 September, 2008
Love your Heritage
Dear Wangero, I met you 3 years ago and since our friendship has become stronger, I now feel free to tell you about certain things that really bother me. For example, the way you behave towards your heritage and your family. That day when your mom came to visit you in Fort Lauderdale I had the chance to sit and talk to her for a while, and I was impressed by the things she told me. During my conversation with your mom, she told me that you were so embarrassed of the house you used to live in. She also told me you were embarrassed to bring your friends over and with these words she mentioned, “She wrote me once that no matter where we choose to live, she will manage to come see us. But she will never bring her friends” (445). I can not imagine how you could break your mom’s heart like this. Poor women, she took such good care of
I got to hear about the story of the quilt, by the way, very interesting. Your mom told me all about it. From what I heard, you went to visit your mom and your sister, and when you got there you saw some old quilts and you wanted them for you. Interestingly, your mom had separated the quilts for your sister, and according to your mom you said, “Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts! She’d probably be backward enough to put them for everyday use” (448). Wangero, your family values the thing they have in a different way. You learned to appreciate those quilts because you learned about your heritage. Your mom and your sister they did not have the chance to learn about their heritage, neither to learn how to appreciate it. They simply appreciate it. They value their clothing, their objects, their quilts by simply using them. They do not intend to frame their quilts, neither the objects they have at home. They simply use