Dee As A Bad Person In Everyday Use By Alice Walker

In the story Everyday Use by Alice Walker, the character, Dee is seen as a bad person. Although many people may not believe that she is good person, I believe she has some likable qualities. One would be her confidence. In the story her mother compares her and Maggie, and she said that “Dee is lighter than Maggie, with nicer hair and a fuller figure” she also says that “She was a woman now, though sometimes I forgot.” meaning that Dee, has a lot of self-confidence, and in looks she is better compared to Maggie. Another reason why Dee is likable is because she is also educated. When Dee was a little girl, she read stories to her mother and Maggie. It says that Dee “burned us with knowledge we didn’t necessarily need to know” which means she
is more educated then her mother and Maggie. When Dee graduated she was really determined to “stare down any disaster in her efforts.” She is also likable because she is artistic. In the story, Dee sounds very artistic because she always wants the nice things and her mother says that “at the age of 16 she had her own style.”