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    part of a family history. The perspective of a family heritage depends on how each individual values it. In “Everyday Use‚” Alice Walker uses the narrator Mama to describe Dee and Maggie different views of their heritage. The most valued symbol that signified their heritage were quilts. These special quilts were handmade by Grandma Dee‚ Big Dee‚ and Mama. Scraps from Grandma Dee dresses along with bits and pieces of Grandpa Ezra’s uniform that he wore in the civil war is what made the quilts cherish

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    Alice Walker uses her own mother as a method to explain the creativity that has lived on in black women from the post-Reconstruction era on. She explains her mother telling stories which came naturally like breathing and her mother’s magnificent garden. Her mother tended the garden while still continuing her work in the field throughout the day and caring for her children. She was creating beauty where there was never any room for any. Walker noticed that only when her

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    “Everyday Use” Critical Questions 1. The central character in this story is Mama. At the beginning of the story she seemed almost quiet and standoffish. She is a round character in this selection. Yes‚ Dee (Wangero) is Mama’s foil. 2. The events are told from present to past and back to present day. Yes‚ the plot is somewhat significant the story’s meaning. 3. Suspense served a small role in the plot. The author used flashback in this story. They keep the reader asking himself/herself what

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    Women by Alice Walker

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    Women by Alice Walker Women have been through a lot‚ they always seem to be over worked yet under appreciated. Even during the biblical times‚ women were expected to be housekeepers‚ cooks‚ as well as care givers‚ while still having to satisfy their husband needs and desires. It was very seldom in these societies as well as present societies that someone openly and sincerely appreciates all the things that women have done for them and the people around them. In “Women"‚ Alice Walker breaks through

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    "Everyday Use:" African-American Heritage Everyone is raised within a culture with a set of customs and morals handed down by those generations before us. As individuals‚ we view and experience heritage in different ways. During history‚ different ethnic groups have struggled with finding their place within society. In the 1950s and 60s African Americans faced a great deal of political and social discrimination based on the tone of their skin. After the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s‚ many

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    Dee has always been different from her Mama and sister‚ Maggie. In the story “Everyday Use” by Alice WalkerDee feels that her family heritage is a nuisance and wants to have a different one. Coming home from college one weekend she brings a boy with her named Hakim-a-barber‚ are visiting the family and having a dinner that Mama has prepared for everyone. Dee has many conflicts with her mother. Dee has high self-appearance standards‚ wants everything to be hers‚ and knows little about her family

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    attention to the dancing of the leaves that seduced her into nothingness. In front of the class‚ Alice Walker was thinking about her lipstick and Tina’s new pink purse. The one she always wanted but couldn’t have. The bell rung. Walker arranged her new blue shirt and sighed. “What is it Alice?” reddish boy asked with a somewhat annoyed air. “Everything!” she replied. Jimmy however‚ left the desk as soon as Alice began her story and went to two girls sitting alone by the window. There she listened to stories

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    Everyday Use‚ some characters in the stories chose to view the world based on their culture and others chose to change their culture identity. A person’s culture does influence the way they view the world‚ but at the same time it doesn’t because in the essay An Indian father’s Plea and in the short story Everyday Use‚ and the personal essay Two ways to belong in America their cultures didn’t influenced the way they view the world. In the short story Everyday Use‚ by Alice WalkerDee changed her

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    The Author and Her Time: (revised) Alice Walker is an African American novelist‚ poet‚ lecturer‚ essayist‚ and activist‚ most famous for her novel‚ The Color Purple. Walker was born in Eatonton‚ Georgia‚ February 9‚ 1944‚ to sharecroppers. She was one of eight children‚ but definitely stood out . Financially‚ her family suffered hardships trying to keep every mouth fed‚ and a roof over their head. As a child‚ Walker suffered an accident‚ leaving a visible scar in her eye. The incident shaped

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    Question 1 The Flowers Throughout the short story written by Alice Walker‚ we can see imagery‚ setting‚ and style. She writes the short story in a well done order by letting us know how good the day is going to giving us the worst ending ever to destroy a innocent black girl’s childhood. In this case the little girl’s name is Myop. Alice Walker gave us a joyful tone and setting as a suspicion of what was going to happen next. To begin with‚ the author gives us an imagery of of the best day ever

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