Alice Walker - Everyday Use

Everyday Use ' by Alice Walker

Appearing in Everyday Use ' by Alice Walker , the mother evidently recognizes the birthright symbolized in the churn and the quilts same as the thought of Maggie . Those things , they believe , corresponds to a custom wherein the community live with what they possess , indicating the potency in relating with one 's precedent . The exquisiteness in such matters appears from their functions on a daily basis and the reminiscences those suggest . Both the churn and quilts symbolize heritage yet they take them differently in terms of the approaches p

According to the author , as cited by McMichael and Leonard in 2006 Dee , who turned her name to Wangero supposes that her Mama and her sister Maggie must discard their rearward lifestyle (2108 . This insinuates giving up quilt creation , her kin memoirs and delight of the country life . She views not a bit of this as precious and deems that her existence , with her education at hand , is better than anyone 's lives This blindness is implied by the sunglasses that she uses : She put on some sunglasses that hid everything above the tip of her nose and her chin (2111 . At the same page it can be observed an added sarcasm that Wangero castigates Mama and Maggie for not making something of themselves ' while it is they who have lived their lives in a wonderful way by means of their individual hard work , whereas Dee has made something of herself owing to the labors of the people she has browbeaten and held in contempt . Formerly , she casted off and detested their home and her prior environment (2106 however at the present , she wants to get hold of the grease churn to provide as a pleasing to the eye showpiece and quilts and to make them into abstraction

In the end , it can be said that Maggie is the one favored by the author since she is a creator of art , an important person whose heritage has been applied in practicable dexterity and not just merely a user . The author pities Dee with all her hatred in her heart , eventhough she obtained education . For that reason , she missed out the very essence of life

Reference

McMichael , George and Leonard , James S (2006 . Concise Anthology of American Literature

Sixth Edition . Pearson Prentice Hall , Upper Saddle River , New Jersey 07458 , 2105-2111...