"Everyday Use" In "Everyday Use," Alice Walker navigates the cultural gap between a mother and her two daughters. ... Maggie, the younger of the two sisters, was badly burned when the house they used to live in caught fire. ... Dee, the oldest daughter, has had everything given to her all through life. ... Dee, flies off the handle stating, "Maggie can't appreciate these quilts!" ... "She'd probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use." ...

• Word Count: 578
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Summary of Everyday Use Everyday Use is a story written by Alice Walker. ... Dee is the daughter who made it. ... Dee replies, "Not "Dee," Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo". ... This makes Dee very upset because she is not used to be told no. She exclaims that Maggie will only use the quilts for everyday use. ...

• Word Count: 503
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Everyday Use is a deep story that is categorized in my mind as great. ... Johnson and all Dee did with her unique background was use it as a social topic for her to raise her status. ... The story Everyday Use could have been viewed in many other ways than the way in which I viewed it. ... A large theme in Everyday Use is the mother-daughter relationship. There are great uses of mother-daughter relationships in countless other stories so why is Everyday Use any better those other stories? ...

• Word Count: 901
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

As in "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker objects such as the churn and quilt took on great sentimental value. ... As illustrated in "Everyday Use", Dee no longer wanted to be known by that name because she felt it was a name that was given to her by her oppressors. The changing of a name can symbolize a new beginning, in the case of Dee, or a publicity stunt in the case of Puff Daddy to the supposedly well mannered P.Diddy. ...

• Word Count: 387
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

"Everyday Use" The use of variety of customs in a text can broaden its horizons. ... In the story "Everyday Use" by author Alice Walker there are many uses of culture. ... "Sometimes I dream a dream in which Dee and I are suddenly brought together on a TV program of this sort. ... A variety of culture is also used when the narrator's daughter, Dee (Wangero), comes home. ... This transition in culture shows Dee's process of assimilation. ...

• Word Count: 355
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Nick Joaquin's "The Summer Solstice-, Alice Walker's "Everyday Use-, and John Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums- challenge us to understand the meaning behind them and to give importance to the female protagonists. ... Alice Walker's "Everyday Use- talks about woman in a different sense. ... "Dee wanted nice things."" ... On the other hand, the whereabouts of the husband of the mother in "Everyday Use- is unknown. ... The mother in "Everyday Use- tries to keep her ancestors' heritage. ...

• Word Count: 1260
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Authors such as Raymond Carter began to write what they knew, the simple and the logical, by using minimalism. ... The same idea as in Cathedral is weaved throughout Alice Walker's piece entitled Everyday Use. ... Johnson snatches her ancestors' quilts from her daughter Dee, who wants to hang them on a wall, and gives them to Maggie, Walker illuminates her life-long celebration of rural Southern black womanhood. ...

• Word Count: 905
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate