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    story‚ “Everyday Use” you will notice the use of fire throughout the story. In this story the older sister‚ who is educated and intelligent‚ comes to visit her mother and younger sister. The short story expresses lots of imagery of a fire throughout the story. A younger child might think a fire is scary; however‚ a prescribed fire is a good thing. Prescribed burning is a controlled fire that helps the ecosystem by improving habitats for animals and reducing the chances for wild fire. The first use of

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    (Instructor’s Name) ENG102: English Composition II October 12‚ 2009 ASSIGNMENT 6A Outline: I. Introduction – Thesis statement. A. In “Everyday Use”‚ the issue of race is perceived and discussed differently in country and urban settings. B. “Two Kinds”‚ demonstrate that parents have no control over their children’s lives; both authors describe a childhood conflict they can only show them the right direction and let them make their own

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    Analytical essay of “Everyday Use” In her story “Everyday Use‚” Alice Walker is telling the story though the eyes of Mama‚ who is the narrator of this story. The story begins by describing the beautiful garden‚ which is like an extended living room on a common day. Then Mama introduces one of her two daughters‚ Maggie‚ whose life is held away by her sister. This story tells about many different themes and issues in common daily life. One of the major themes in “Everyday Use” is contrasting ways

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    Everyday Use Theme

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    I will explore the theme of the fictional story by Alice Walker called “Everyday Use” and how the three main characters add to the theme. I see the theme as being about hierarchy and interpersonal relationships between multigenerational women within a family. How mothers‚ daughters‚ and sisters interact. The complexities of emotions‚ also how different generations and cultural changes affect them. Then I will dissect the individual characters and their impact on the theme. First‚ I look at the character

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    Everyday Use Conflict

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    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

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    Everyday Use Analysis

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    In Alice Walker’s "Everyday Use"‚ the three main characters are necessary in revealing the underlying concepts of the story. The critic Timothy Sexton asserts that the older daughter‚ Dee‚ is the "embodiment of the struggle for a unifying identity" (par. 4). In contrast with Dee‚ the critics Houston A Baker‚ Jr. and Charlotte Pierce-Baker consider Maggie to be a guardian of history‚ or "griot" (164). On the other hand‚ David White describes Mama as having an "inherent understanding of heritage

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    Everyday Use Thesis

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    the African-American community at large. Everyday Use is a short story depicting the harmonies and conflicts that characterize the African- American culture. Thesis Statement: Walker highlights the cultural issues within the African American community through the use of symbolism and characterization‚ eventually showing that culture and heritage are a part

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    Reaction to Everyday Use

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    Reaction to Everyday Use Marion Graham English/125 November 12‚ 2012 Reaction to Everyday Use Everyday Use is a short story written by Alice Walker about a family of three‚ Mama‚ the narrator‚ Maggie her youngest daughter‚ and Dee‚ her eldest daughter. Both daughters are completely

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    Symbolism In Everyday Use

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    In the story “Everyday Use” there are many different points of views and perspective you can take on the story. Dealing with the Black Power movement and dealing with one’s own heritage you can see the conflict and house hold imagery the Black power movement effected young adults. With that being said the Conflicts between the family and how one claims to know one’s heritage without fully looking into it. As read in “Kinship and quilting” by Floris Barnett Cash the American point of view for quilting

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    Dee In Everyday Use

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    Although there are several characters in the story‚ Everyday Use‚ only one appears to play important role in this story. In this story‚ Dee‚ the main character‚ appears to alienate herself from her family through pride and sense of self-importance. In the beginning of the story‚ Dee is portrayed as someone who is overwhelmed with prejudice‚ pride‚ and a sense of self- importance‚ which is display toward her sister‚Maggie‚ and mother. As evidenced‚ the way she behaved when their house burned down

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