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    -In the short story “Everyday Use” the characters Dee‚ Maggie and their mother are the ones shown in the beginning and I noticed that Dee seems very self center but I feel like that’s a result of the burn scars they turned into hatred towards her sister Maggie because of her success. In the first scene Maggie is coming home from college so Dee and their mother are waiting for her to come home. When they see the car pull up Dee tries to scurry back in to the house but her mother stops her. Their mother

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    Question 2: When it comes to Iago‚ there is a great difference between how the characters perceive him‚ how we perceive him and how he perceives himself. Using evidence‚ discuss the three differing viewpoints and explore Iago’s duplicitous nature. Is he a flat or dynamic character? Humans are born with a natural capacity for good and evil. As an individual develops‚ he or she is taught to distinguish between the two in order to strengthen a sense of right and wrong. Through Shakespeare’s play

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    The character of “Dee” in Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” comes across as being very shallow‚ selfish and arrogant from the very beginning of the story. As the story progresses though‚ Dee does become more complex and is shown to be struggling with her own identity and heritage. Concrete details are stated about Dee that lead you to know she is beautiful‚ smart and confident. Dee is described as slender with a small waste. She is a light skinned black person with a nice

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    In “Everyday Use”‚ Walker began to discuss principles of tradition and ancestry. When Dee was a child she hated her surroundings and culture. Mama indirectly says that Dee burned down the family’s old home. Dee also used to say that she hated her grandmothers’ handmade quilts. The irony in the story is that Dee arrives back home to take pictures of her family’s house and to retrieve back the old quilts that she supposedly hated. Walker is trying to tell the reader that one should embrace the past

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    Dee’s Personality In Alice Walker’s short story‚ Everyday Use‚ the line said by mama "She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one hand‚ that ‘no’ is a word the world never learned to say to her."‚ enters us‚ the readers‚ into the personality of Dee. Furthermore‚ the line offers us an open window to view the inter-workings of the family unit. Throughout the story‚ Dee is portrayed as a typical‚ yet unique young woman. She is strong-standing‚ solid and firm none the less. She

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    I Believe that Tom Benecke is a dynamic character. He is forced to act quickly and because of this‚ many things about him change. Tom is ambitious‚ self-centered‚ and impatient. These three traits change a lot throughout the story.Tom is very ambitious when it comes to his work. He is always looking to get a promotion at work by doing a project. Tom just focuses on the big picture‚ rather than the small picture. This trait changes at the end when he decides to go to the movies with his wife. When

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    In the story‚ Everyday Use by Alice Walker; Dee is Maggie’s sister and the daughter of the mother who is telling the story. Dee is a bold‚ and strong character in this story who has an uptight attitude. In this story‚ Dee is described as being lighter than Maggie in skin-tone‚ and nicer‚ fuller hair. Unlike Maggie‚ Dee did not really care for anything‚ nor did she have friends however‚ she did dress nice. I would describe Dee in this story as a bold‚ fearless girl that takes care of herself. Overall

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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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    In the story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker Dee’s attitude towards school is reflected in her treatment towards her mother and sister. Dee treats her mother and sister like they are idiots and that she knows everything. At first Dee wanted everything‚ but her mother could not afford it. Then once her mother “raised the money”(p.1058) for Dee to go to school she became very disrespectful towards her mother and sister. Dee thinks she knows everything‚ like everything in the world. She treats her

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    Basically the difference in a static IP and a dynamic IP is that one IP stays the same and the other changes based off of a time limit. A static IP will always remain the same address. A dynamic IP will constantly change. This is beneficial because it slows attempts at unauthorized access to your network. In order for somebody to connect they will need to know the IP address at that current time. For connecting routers in a company there would be no need to implement a dynamic IP. The only IP that

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