She is a different person and no longer of everyday use in Mama's and Maggie's world. ... Dee thinks that Maggie is unaware of their heritage because she wants to put the quilt to everyday use (Christian 86-87). ... In the story "Everyday Use"," sisters Maggie and Dee have different understandings of the quilts. ... These quilts are truly artistic objects that have an everyday use (Piedmont-Marton 1 of 2). ... In "Everyday Use,"" one of the reasons that Mama and her sister's relationship are very close is because they both quilted. ...

• Word Count: 1619
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Compare and Contrast of Everyday Use and Monkey Business Today I am going to show you how two great literary master pieces have so much in common, but are so different. I will be talking about Everyday Use a story written by Alice Walker, and Monkey Business written by Joseph Geha. ... The first story I am going to talk about is Everyday Use. ... When her and her husband got married they would use them everyday. ... Just like in Everyday Use when Maggie used that butter churn every day; is just like monkey see monkey do (Monkey Business) the way the man in the meat shop was trying to get...

• Word Count: 1355
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School