In the short story "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, her character Dee portrays the need to escape. ... I"d wanted to ask her. ... She was the only one who had the opportunity to go to college and escape ignorance so she seized it. ... In this short story, Alice Walker shows us how Dee was not only greedy with money but also with her heritage. ... In "Everyday Use", Alice Walker tries to define to us what a person's heritage can really mean. ...

• Word Count: 610
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

"Everyday Use" In "Everyday Use," Alice Walker navigates the cultural gap between a mother and her two daughters. ... Ironically enough, the way the two girls were raised caused them both to go separate ways socially. ... Everything is going well, until material possessions get in the way of the family. Dee begins asking about various antique items in the home and their ownership status. ... The battle, it seems, will be on going with no end in sight. ...

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

Mother and Daughter relationships The story "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker (329-335) show us how mother hood and daughter relationships are different. ... The mother goes on to tell how Dee is "lighter than"330), Maggie. ... Maggie ask her " mama" (330) how she looks. ... (331) like her family going to know what she is saying. ... (332) and then goes on to say that "She's Dead" (332) that Dee is gone. ...

• Word Count: 914
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Mother and Daughter relationships The story "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker (329-335) show us how mother hood and daughter relationships are different. ... The mother goes on to tell how Dee is "lighter than"330), Maggie. ... Maggie ask her " mama" (330) how she looks. ... (331) like her family going to know what she is saying. ... (332) and then goes on to say that "She's Dead" (332) that Dee is gone. ...

• Word Count: 913
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Alice Walker's, Everyday Use (For Your Grandmama), was about a black mother and her two daughters named Dee and Maggie. ... While visiting, Dee asked to take some of her family's heirlooms and prized keepsakes back home with her. ... Dee was still used to getting her way and was getting quite upset at the fact that her mother was not going to let her have the quilts. ...

• Word Count: 813
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School