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    In Alice Walker’s story‚ “Everyday Use” the story is portrayed with much of a power struggle over Dee thinking that she has more of a grasp on the family’s heritage then the rest of her family. While Mamma and Maggie have a very different take on things. This story is based in 1960’s-1970’s‚ when African American’s had overcome so many obstacles. The real obstacle seems to be the power struggle over heritage between mamma‚ and Dee. The story begins with mamma and Maggie waiting on the front porch

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    SYMBOLISM AND CHARACTERIZATION IN “EVERYDAY USE” Introduction: A.“Everyday Use” is a poignant narrative that describes the relationship between family members through creative symbolism and fine characterization. B. Through symbolism and characterization‚ Walker teaches a moral lesson about heritage‚ identity‚ and the role of the two in the lives of the characters and audience. C. In order to understand the complicated message that Walker is submitting through this story‚ it is

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    Everyday Use Symbolism The Quilts These quilts represent Mama’s family and her heritage‚ they were made by Grandma Dee and Big Dee. Symbolically‚ each piece of material was made from scraps of clothing that once belonged to someone in their family‚ including pieces of their great-grandfather’s Civil War uniform. . To Maggie‚ they represent her family; she still remembers with love her grandmother who made one of them and she says it is okay if Dee takes them because she does not need the quilts

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    7/20/13 Essay #2 Everyday Use Daughters In “Everyday Use” an essay by Alice Walker‚ she demonstrates that there was a totally different framework about daughters from what we have previously read. She shows the reader that instead of having mother and daughter relationship issues there are problems between the two sisters. Walker wanted us to think about how this was also a social norm in the 1960’s and not just think about how the mothers and daughters fought. In “Everyday Use” there are two

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    Everyday Use- Character Analysis "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker‚ is a story of a black family composed of a mother and her two daughters: Maggie and Dee. Walker does an excellent job illustrating her characters. There are all types of characters in this short story from round to static. Dee is a flat character‚ yet Walker uses Dee’s character to warn people of what might happen if they do not live properly. Walker describes Dee’s character as arrogant and selfish‚ and through Dee’s character

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    Everyday Use (Symbol) The quilt: The quilt itself is a very meaningful item in the sense that it has history on it; it includes clothes that Dee’s great grandma used to wear and pieces of uniforms that Dee’s great grandpa wore during the Civil War (Walker 856). However‚ it also symbolizes value in Negro-American experience (Whitsitt). Because Walker includes the fact of the Civil War gives a sense of history to the African American history. The quilt additionally adds to the idea of creative

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    EverydayEveryday Use In Alice Walker’s short story‚ “Everyday Use”‚ Dee’s attitude towards her heritage can be contrasted with the attitudes of her mother and sister. Dee/Wangero has embraced her African ancestral roots‚ whereas‚ Mama and Maggie know nothing of this culture and sees value only in their personal heritage. Throughout the story Dee goes back and forth on being proud and rejecting her heritage. For example‚ when “she decides at dinner that she wants the butter churn‚ she shows

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    Omar Jimenez Advanced English 10 11/27/09 Everyday Use     The short story “Everyday Use”‚ by Alice walker‚ begins with a family of three: Maggie‚ Dee‚ and “Mama”(there mother). The author never reveals her actual name. However Dee being old enough to attend college leaves off to college. When she comes back from college‚ she begins to express herself in different ways‚ a way that is more liberal. By the authors description she is dressed differently‚ she talks differently‚ she even changed

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    Siblings‚ who grow up together‚ do not always end up alike. In “Everyday use‚” by Alice Walker‚ Dee and Maggie are sisters who are both raised in the rural South. After a tragic incident of their house burning down‚ Maggie is left traumatized while Dee sees the incident as a positive occurrence. Ten to twelve years later‚ Dee comes back to their new home for a visit‚ and Dee and Maggie’s differences are magnified. Although Dee and Maggie are sisters who have grown up together‚ their physical appearances

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    Feminism & African-American Culture: Everyday Use Candi Walker English 2140 Daniel Marshall November 29‚ 2007 Candi Walker Dan Marshall Literary Studies November 29‚ 2007 Everyday Use by Alice Walker: Feminism & African-American Criticism Alice Walker’s Everyday Use tells the story of a mother and her two daughters who live in the rural South. Ms. Johnson‚ the narrator of the story is a middle aged African-American woman who has single handily struggled to raise

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