Alice Walker's Everyday Use: A Look at the Symbolism and... it deserves. Two sisters and two hand-sewn quilts become the focal center of this story. Walker paints for us the most vivid depiction through a third-person perspective of family values and how people from the same environment and upbringing can become different kinds of people. As with most families, there is a dynamic of people involved, even though they all come from the same background. and teachings, is ultimately an accumulation of personal experiences that shape us and define how we perceive our existence. “Everyday Use” is a story of conflict between right and wrong and also of family values. Walkers' narrator, "Mama," struggles with her disrespectful daughter "Dee." Even though "Mom" is said to have worked as hard as a man to send her to school, gratitude is never mentioned. “Clearly Dee favors language over silence, as demonstrated in her determination to be polite and the importance she places on her name” (Tuten). Since “Dee” had been away from home and going to school in the city, she had lost touch with where she came from and had little respect for her family heritage. Maggie, having been burned in a house fire, had learned to love the refuge that only a family can provide. Being burned makes you like no one else, everywhere you go you feel eyes watching you. Because she hadn't left home and had time to learn the value of family, she considered the quilts to be part of her inheritance. Presenting the story from a third person perception and having the narration by the mother or "Mom" gives the story great relevance to the real life situations they have... at the center of the card... and the way in which we sense ideas about what the writers are trying to convey. This story is a clear representation of family values and true heritage. Works Cited DiYanni, , Robert . Walker, Alice. "Daily use." Literature: reading fiction, poetry, drama and essays. 4th. New York: McGraw Hill, 1998. 408-413. Print.Hoel, Helga. ""Personal Names and Heritage: Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use'." 2000." . Trondheim Cathedral School, 30 January 2000. Web. 1 March 2014. Cowart, David. "Heritage and Eradication in Walker's Everyday Use." Studies in Short Fiction 33 (1996): 171-84. Tate, Claudia C. "Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use'." African American Review 30.2 (1996): 308+. Literary Resource Center. Network. February 2, 2014.Gruesser, John. "Daily Use of Walker." The Explicator 61.3 (2003): 183+. Literary Resource Center. Network. February 2. 2014.

Topic > Alice Walker's Everyday Use: A Look at the Symbolism and... it deserves. Two sisters and two hand-sewn quilts become the focal center of this story. Walker paints for us the most vivid depiction through a third-person perspective of family values and how people from the same environment and upbringing can become different kinds of people. As with most families, there is a dynamic of people involved, even though they all come from the same background. and teachings, is ultimately an accumulation of personal experiences that shape us and define how we perceive our existence. “Everyday Use” is a story of conflict between right and wrong and also of family values. Walkers' narrator, "Mama," struggles with her disrespectful daughter "Dee." Even though "Mom" is said to have worked as hard as a man to send her to school, gratitude is never mentioned. “Clearly Dee favors language over silence, as demonstrated in her determination to be polite and the importance she places on her name” (Tuten). Since “Dee” had been away from home and going to school in the city, she had lost touch with where she came from and had little respect for her family heritage. Maggie, having been burned in a house fire, had learned to love the refuge that only a family can provide. Being burned makes you like no one else, everywhere you go you feel eyes watching you. Because she hadn't left home and had time to learn the value of family, she considered the quilts to be part of her inheritance. Presenting the story from a third person perception and having the narration by the mother or "Mom" gives the story great relevance to the real life situations they have... at the center of the card... and the way in which we sense ideas about what the writers are trying to convey. This story is a clear representation of family values and true heritage. Works Cited DiYanni, , Robert . Walker, Alice. "Daily use." Literature: reading fiction, poetry, drama and essays. 4th. New York: McGraw Hill, 1998. 408-413. Print.Hoel, Helga. ""Personal Names and Heritage: Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use'." 2000." . Trondheim Cathedral School, 30 January 2000. Web. 1 March 2014. Cowart, David. "Heritage and Eradication in Walker's Everyday Use." Studies in Short Fiction 33 (1996): 171-84. Tate, Claudia C. "Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use'." African American Review 30.2 (1996): 308+. Literary Resource Center. Network. February 2, 2014.Gruesser, John. "Daily Use of Walker." The Explicator 61.3 (2003): 183+. Literary Resource Center. Network. February 2. 2014.