1. Everyday use
Symbolic Meaning of the title "Everyday Use" and how it relates to the theme in Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use" The short story "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker is narrated by "Big Dee" a black woman in the south who is faced with the decision to give away two quilts to one of her daughters. ... Dee argues that Maggie would not appreciate the quilts and that "She"d probably be backwards enough to put them to everyday use." ... Everyday use is what the quilts were intended for when they were made, although they carried such deep underlying meaning. ... The "quilt is a metaphor...
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