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    family that we are bound to by blood? Do love and connection bind us‚ or does it tear us apart? Do our family heirlooms provide meaning for all? The main conflict in “Everyday Use” includes an African American family with both internal and external struggles. The yard and quilt in Alice Walker’s intriguing short story‚ “Everyday Use” are symbolic and illuminate the fundamental theme of family and heritage. The short story begins with Mrs. Johnson and Maggie waiting in the yard for Dee. Mrs. Johnson

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    Walker’s “Everyday Use” In the short story "Everyday Use"‚ by Alice Walker‚ tension between characters is evident. When Dee arrives home to visit Mama and Maggie‚ readers can see the differences in personality between the three characters. Dee has changed her name to "Wangero" to get closer to her so-called “culture” and is collecting many objects of her past that she did not want before. On her mother’s savings for her‚ Dee is able to go to college and therefore is more educated. However‚ she uses this

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    they live different ways of life. Culture is more than what a person is or where they come from. Culture is who they are including their traditions and customs‚ their art‚ their language‚ and their family. This is portrayed in the short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker through the characterization of sisters Maggie and Dee. Dee spent most of her life hating her home. She hated where she lived and possibly even who she lived with. She grew up wanting everything

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    an understanding of who you are. It apart of your DNA. In the short story‚ “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker‚ the author is telling a story inside of a story by using symbolism‚ irony‚ and characterization to show the importance of family heritage. It plays a big role in African American culture and she use the three main characters Maggie‚ Dee‚ and Mama to help get her point across. X x xx x x x x x x Alice Walker uses the quilt to symbolize family heritage. The grandmother made the quilt by hand

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    Heritage and how you preserve it can leave a huge impact on a family. Maggie and Dee have many variations based on their motivations‚ personalities‚ and points of view with the respect of preserving their heritage. In the short story "Everyday Use"‚ Alice Walker emphasizes the aspect of individuality. The story concentrates on the lives of two sisters‚ Maggie and Dee growing up together and living under the same conditions‚ but Dee gets the chance to leave. Although‚ they both grew up in a small

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    The short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker took place in the late 60’s or early 70’s. During this time‚ Blacks were given the opportunity‚ along with the tools‚ to explore and gain control of their political‚ social‚ and culture identity in American society. In “Everyday Use” Dee had arrived home a product of the cultural shift that had taken place. She is a first generation black college student and is experiencing the same search for belonging that blacks were forced into during this time.

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    of time‚ Maggie stands behind her mother. On the other hand‚ Dee has great curiosity about white culture and modern society‚ but Maggie is the traditional one. Even the two daughters are quite different‚ mama treats them as equal. She likes them all very sincerely. Before Dee comes back home‚ mama dreams one day she could appear on the TV

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    Yamamoto‚ and “Everyday Use”‚ written by Alice Walker‚ the relationship between the mother and the daughter is portrayed. In “Seventeen Syllables”‚ the protagonist‚ Rosie is an American born Japanese (Nisei) who does not understand well about the Japanese culture‚ whereas her Issei mother‚ Mrs. Hayashi was born and raised in Japan and married to America. Mrs. Hayashi loves writing haiku‚ a traditional Japanese poetry‚ to escape from the reality of her loveless marriage. In “Everyday Use”‚ Mama is a traditional

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    of her household duties due to a lack of opportunity to further educate herself. This ‘uneducated’ attitude can be particularly seen through Mama’s interactions with Beneatha‚ a more educated and modern young female characters‚ in their discussions regarding heritage and education. Mama is unable to understand Beneatha’s refusal to assimilate and need to express herself as an African-American women who is proud of her heritage‚ asking her continuously ‘what is it you want to express?’ This creates

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    2. In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker‚ Maggie and her mother’s relationship is depicted as tight-knit. This can be interpreted throughout the story because Mama describes how they spend the majority of their time together. An example of this is when Mama says‚ “Maggie will marry John Thomas… then I’ll be free to sit here and I guess just sing church songs by myself”‚ implying that they normally sing together. Mama also predicts Maggie’s actions. She predicts how Maggie will “be nervous until her sister

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