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    Evaluation/Analysis on Alice Walker: Everyday Use Introduction/Evaluation Alice Walker‚ an African American author and activist born in Eatonton‚ Georgia in 1944 (p. 69). Walker was like most African Americans in her time raised by hard-working underpaid parents‚ this is reflected in her writing. Alice Walker and her now removed husband were the first interracial couple in Mississippi. Once a poet‚ Walker worked with other influential authors including Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. Everyday Use tells the

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    inherited‚ passed down from generations to generations. It includes inherited traditions‚ objects‚ culture‚ customs and practices. In the short story “Everyday Use”‚ Alice Walker explores this aspect of heritage with emphasize on the value of cultural heritage in the African American community in the late 1960s and in the early 1970s. The setting of “Everyday Use” took place in post-civil era when the African Americans were trying to find their own identity‚ which resulted to the formation of The Black Power

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    Alice Walker’s short story "Everyday use" tells the story of a mother and her daughter’s conflicting ideas about their identities and heritage. Mrs. Johnson an uneducated woman narrates the story of the day one daughter‚ Dee‚ visits from college. Mrs. Johnson auto-describes herself as a "big-boned woman with rough‚ man-working hands."(180‚Walker). Contrasting her auto-description‚ she describes Dee as a young lady with light complexion‚ nice hair and full figure that "wanted nice things."(181‚Walker)

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    Everyday Family Blood is never thicker than water‚ Meaning even though people aren’t blood related they can still be a family. Family i believe means sticking together and helping one another when times are rough‚ People may have great families and others may not. Even though some people don’t grow up with a great family doesn’t mean that they cant find a family‚ Everyone has a chance at happiness with a family weither they make their own or they find their own. I picked Alice Walker’s story

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    The character Victor from Sherman Alexie “This Is What It Means To Say PhoenixArizona‚” is going through trying to get his father’s remains with another character named Thomas. In this story ‘This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix Arizona” victor is very dedicated to getting his father’s ashes because he wants to have something to remember his father as. Victor is determined to get his father’s ashes and he want’s to be able to retrieve the ashes of his father. Its obvious in the story that Victor

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    The short story of “This Is What It Means to Say PhoenixArizona” by Sherman Alexie shows the value of a true friendship. A true friend is the one who doesn’t have to physically be by your side the whole time. He can stand aside‚ awaits for your trouble‚ and lends you a hand. A true friend doesn’t care how the world sees him‚ he cares only how his “best” friend view of him. The true friend in this story is Thomas Builds-the-Fire. The story goes back and forth with the present and the past to

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    In the short story “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix Arizona” written by Sherman Alexie‚ there is a character named Thomas Builds-the-Fire who is considered an outcast in his community. The story starts out with Victor who you would assume is facing some hard times losing his job and having his father pass away. After finding out about his father’s death‚ Victor has to go to PhoenixArizona to pick up his father’s ashes‚ pickup truck and money from his saving. Unfortunately‚ Victor doesn’t have

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    themes in “This Is What It Means to Say PhoenixArizona” by Sherman Alexie‚ but the most salient theme is the acceptance of the current problems. In this story‚ Victor has a much pain because of his father’s death; however‚ he tries to go to Phoenix to bring his father’s ashes back home. Due to this scene‚ we can see how Victor can overcome grief and accept the fact that his father had passed away. Unfortunately‚ Victor‚ a strong man‚ does not have enough money to go to Phoenix. To oppose this problem

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    To a certain extent‚ our different cultures informs the way we view others and the world. Most of us compared to the characters in the short story Everyday Use. All of our different cultures make us view things differently. In the short story‚ we see mom is one of the main characters‚ we also see she can be independent. She doesn’t need a man because she does everything by herself. But‚ she can be unfair with her daughters without her notice she is making a huge damage to them. She was so focus

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    Alice Walker and James Baldwin both use their literature characters to bring social problems to light. A few of the social concerns that can be seen in their work consists of race‚ class‚ gender and society; the outside forces. Although both of these authors use characters to describe social issues‚ their attempts vary in their work. The following will compare and contrast how Baldwin’s and Walker’s characters use this connection as a means to sort through their “despair”. Every Day Use by Alice

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