Self Perspective In Everyday Use By Alice Walker

Culture does not only change people's perspectives of the outside world and other but their self perspective as well. In her short story, Everyday Use, Alice Walker depicts the way in which a girl changes her perspective as she grows up and leaves home for college. Dee grew up in a household with very strong independent woman as a mother. Although the customs back then thought of woman as weak and housemaids, Dee’s mother became a strong and independent to provide for her daughters. Dee grew up to be a woman of knowledge, and as she learned more, she decided to adopt an African name, from Dee to Wangero. She who led a relatively easier life, didn’t let anything put her down despite her struggles and people’s prejudice. During a visit to her