Everyday Life Alice Walker's "Everyday Use" tells the story of how a mother can become emotionally unattached from her oldest daughter after years of separation. ... Social aspects of the story begin to unfold when Dee returns home. ... She also begins gathering things around the house that are everyday tools for Mama and Maggie (the younger daughter) which she will use as decoration in her own home. ... Both of the examples above can be used to help illustrate the theme of heritage, which can pose a social or a cultural conflict for everyone, especially the characters in this story. ......

• Word Count: 462
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

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

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

Within our families and community, there are more flexible roles, meaning that our parents do not necessarily have to be there all day everyday for us. ... The church is used as an escape for African-Americans. ... Sister Dee or Brother Wright). ... African-Americans tend to use religion to explain and overcome the social pressures in our lives. We use our religion (mostly Christianity) to defend us in times of social inequality. ...

• Word Count: 1387
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate