Everyday Use By Alice Walker Family Heritage Analysis

Family Heritage is important. It represents your values and helps give an understanding of who you are. It apart of your DNA. In the short story, “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, the author is telling a story inside of a story by using symbolism, irony, and characterization to show the importance of family heritage. It plays a big role in African American culture and she use the three main characters Maggie, Dee, and Mama to help get her point across. X x xx x x x x x x Alice Walker uses the quilt to symbolize family heritage. The grandmother made the quilt by hand with several pieces of her cloth sewed together. It represents a long line of relatives. Alice Walker uses this as a symbol to show African American culture and how it changed
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