Everyday Use Conflict
• Describe the core conflict represented in the story.
The core conflicts that is represented in the “Everyday Use” story is Maggie and Mama on one side against Dee about their rural African American heritage. In case, Mama and Maggie have various objects (i.e. butter churn, dasher, and quilt) around the house used and created for everyday purposes that they considered part of their lively hood. On the other hand, Dee sees the significance of various objects around the house as artifacts rather than to use for its intended purposes. For example, the dasher and butter churn carved by their Uncle Buddy by hand should be admired. But, core conflict occurs in the story as when Dee wanted the two quilt made by their female relatives (i.e. great-grandmother, …show more content…
• Explain how the elements/techniques illustrate the theme and conflict expressed in the story.
The three literary elements/techniques are conflict, symbol, and irony. First, conflict is defined as the struggle that shapes the plot in a story. For instance, Mama and Maggie (i.e. social and cultural continuity) identifies a conflict against Dee (i.e. conscious control of racial) identity represented in the period of the story was written in 1973. Second, the symbol is defined as an object, person or action that conveys two meanings: its literal meaning and something it stands for. For example, the quits is a symbolic clash between two immediate family members in which Mama and Maggie see’s these quilts as practical use whereas Dee sees as an object displayed as folk art. Third, the irony is defined as a contradiction in words or actions such as verbal, situational and dramatic. In this case, in the story Mama mistake of Hakim greeting as “Assalamualaikum” for his name that sparks up some humor between the guy and Dee around the conflict in the immediate family. In summary, these are the three literary elements/techniques illustrated in the theme and conflict expressed in the
The core conflicts that is represented in the “Everyday Use” story is Maggie and Mama on one side against Dee about their rural African American heritage. In case, Mama and Maggie have various objects (i.e. butter churn, dasher, and quilt) around the house used and created for everyday purposes that they considered part of their lively hood. On the other hand, Dee sees the significance of various objects around the house as artifacts rather than to use for its intended purposes. For example, the dasher and butter churn carved by their Uncle Buddy by hand should be admired. But, core conflict occurs in the story as when Dee wanted the two quilt made by their female relatives (i.e. great-grandmother, …show more content…
• Explain how the elements/techniques illustrate the theme and conflict expressed in the story.
The three literary elements/techniques are conflict, symbol, and irony. First, conflict is defined as the struggle that shapes the plot in a story. For instance, Mama and Maggie (i.e. social and cultural continuity) identifies a conflict against Dee (i.e. conscious control of racial) identity represented in the period of the story was written in 1973. Second, the symbol is defined as an object, person or action that conveys two meanings: its literal meaning and something it stands for. For example, the quits is a symbolic clash between two immediate family members in which Mama and Maggie see’s these quilts as practical use whereas Dee sees as an object displayed as folk art. Third, the irony is defined as a contradiction in words or actions such as verbal, situational and dramatic. In this case, in the story Mama mistake of Hakim greeting as “Assalamualaikum” for his name that sparks up some humor between the guy and Dee around the conflict in the immediate family. In summary, these are the three literary elements/techniques illustrated in the theme and conflict expressed in the