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Summary Of Secon Second Thing By Alice Walker
Today I will talk about the story that is written by Alice walker and it is called everyday use. Alice walker here full name is alice malsenior walker, she was born in February 9,1944 in puntnam country, Georgia. She wrote a book that is called color purple she took two awards about this book and the awards are national book award and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. She wrote the story of everyday use in1973 she wanted two show the relationship between the mother and her daughters and also how could something so small could be so variable for someone. First thing I will talk about the mom. Mostly the mom is responsible about everything, she is always working hard to make money for her daughters and she is the man and the woman of this house. The thing that shows that she works hard that she sacrifices here dreams because her daughters. Here is a quote that describes the mom ”In real life I am a big boned woman with rough, man working hands, I working hard can kill and as a house clean a hog wife as mercilessly as a man”. …show more content…
In this story Maggie be jealous of dee because dee is more beautifier while Maggie face is burned because of the fire that happened in there house. So dee always show off and she believes that she is more educated than her sister and that she is better than here not only here sister but the all of the family she says to them that she will never bring here friends with here to her home. This quote will explain to you the relationship between the two sisters. “will stand hopelessly in corners homely and weak ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs eyeing here sister with a mixture of envy and

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