The sociological evaluation of Everyday Use by Alice Walker enlightens on issues that continue to plague American families in the present. ... In Everyday Use economic problems are abound in how Walker forms her characters. ... She offers Dee some machine-sewn quilts, to which Dee refuses. ... In response, they allow Dee to go, and they spend the rest of the evening sitting in the yard, not caring a wink about what Dee said. ... Everyday Use is set in the late sixties, a time when African-Americans were struggling to define their personal identities in cultural terms. ...

• Word Count: 973
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Everyday use" - by Alice Walker Identity is something that concerns everyone of us whether we like it or not. ... Her short story "Everyday use", written in 1973 draws on her own background, but also has a lot to say about the black female identity. ... Maggie is the one who knows how to quilt, she uses her heritage, while Dee is just trendy. ... "She"d probably be backwards enough to put them to everyday use." ... Dee, though. ...

• Word Count: 1135
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In "Everyday Use" Alice Walker reveals a conflict between a mother, Mrs. ... Maggie is opposite of Dee. ... She knows more about her heritage than Dee. ... True heritage lies within the hearts of everyday love and respect for the past. ... "Everyday Use" Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. 6th Ed. ...

• Word Count: 416
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Alice Walker's, "Everyday Use," explores an African-American family exploring their heritage. ... "Everyday Use," is set in the late 1960's and early 1970's down South in the narrator's yard. ... "Everyday Use," speaks from Mama's perspective which helps reveal how she feels about herself, as well as her two daughters Dee and Maggie. ... "Everyday Use," discusses the racial identities of two generations. ... The quilts represent an ongoing struggle and are meant for everyday use. ...

• Word Count: 1247
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In "Everyday Use", the narrator shows how important culture and heritage is.  ... Everyday Use saw of the three characters with Mama and Maggie sharing same ideas and Dee having different values and perception on live. ... "Everyday Use" was published in the Sixties, an era when Afro-Americans were trying to relate to their roots and heritage. ... Mama wanted for Maggie to have the quilt and use in for everyday use. "Everyday Use", has an irony with Dee admitting she did not know her history. ...

• Word Count: 648
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Everyday Use Everyday Use is a story about a poor African American family during the Civil Rights Movement. ... Everyday Use shows how the African American community began to think during the Civil Rights era. ... Dee was dressed real radically. ... Which is a greeting used by black Muslims. ... Dee's mother had no clue about where Dee was coming from. ...

• Word Count: 609
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Living a routine life within the borders of a small town was enough for some, and an example would be Alice Walker's "Everyday Use;" a tale about the interpretation of the word heritage and the vast differences of new and old generation's way of living. ... The mother and older sister, Maggie, are filled with mixed emotions while they await the arrive of the new and "improved" Dee. ... With the arrival of Dee and her new outlook on black heritage, you begin to see how much of a difference their lifestyle choice has made. ... Dee announces that she has renounced h...

• Word Count: 710
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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