This paper argues that Mama made the right decision in, "Everyday Use," by Alice Walker. When Mama gave the quilts to Maggie and did not let Dee take them away to hang them on her wall like in a museum to show off her perceived roots, to showcase her heritage. ... Only those traditions can live on that are handed down, hence they are a part of the intergenerational culture, and are used every day, as that is the only way to include it in contemporary culture in its entirety. ... To Maggie and Mama, heritage is something that remains forever subordinate to living tradition and the different ...

• Word Count: 1911
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She exclaims, "Lena – I'll work I'll work twenty hours a day in all the kitchens in Chicago I'll strap my baby on my back if I have to and scrub all the floors in America and wash all the sheets in America if I have to – but we got to move! ... " A character, who overcame this barrier to achieve their dream, was Mama. ... Mama's barrier to her dream was her financial status, and later, her race. ... Mama aint no black people living in Clybourne Park" (Hansberry 72). This shine's a light on the barrier to Mama's dream. ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Similarly, in Douglas Ward's Day of Absence, the whites did not realize how much they depended on the blacks until they were absent in their lives. ... In Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, Mama is the rock of the family. ... Mama is the one that everyone comes to for advice and concern. ... Her great grandmother, Mama Ola was especially fond of the piano and loved when Berniece would play for her."... Mama Ola polished this piano with her tears for seventeen years. ...

• Word Count: 1924
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• Grade Level: High School

Those players who were not able to eat at the restaurant would go to a non-segregated grocery store and purchase cold cuts, cheese and crackers and hope that would be able to last all day (Fields, 21). ... Cory: Don't tell me that , Mama. ... Cory's casual, "you go in the house and change shoes like mama told you so we can go to papa's funeral, " (Wison, 100) is the only indication that he has accepted and forgiven his father. ...

• Word Count: 1386
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• Grade Level: High School

Although his economic situation is uncomfortable for him, it is evident in his monologue the he is not one to surrender to adverse circumstances; but one who realizes his struggle, deals with the anguish that it brings, and anticipates a better day. ... When Mama die, I say to myself, Mr. ...

• Word Count: 1382
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

One hot summer day Uncle Ed stormed into the house and took the kids to his house, "Ed told us that he didn't live very far from us, but walking barefooted on the rock road in the boiling hot sun, I began to wonder how far was "not very far.... " (Moody, page 20) and to this Anne responded ""Mama told us we ain't supposed to wear our shoes out round the house. ...

• Word Count: 1364
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School