Compare and contrat Dee from everyday use to Robert from Mulatto

I INTRODUCTION Everyday use and Mulatto is both a story about identity and ancestry . It shares

characters and ideas pertaining to African-American Heritage . Its main element

contains one 's struggle to overcome racial confusion on dual perspective

II OVERVIEW OF EVERYDAY USE ' BY ALICE WALKER

In the story Everyday use by Alice Walker , as narrated by an African

American woman who is in the midst of making a decision as to whom she perceived

deserving of a very important heirloom that signifies their family 's heritage . Her two

p daughters have no comparable qualities . Her oldest daughter Dee , who now br

to be called Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo ' is an educated , confident and ambitious

woman who now lives in the city . Her coming home was a surprised visit for Mama

Her real intention was to collect objects showing cultural significance The churn and

the quilts are the two particular objects she intends to possess . The churn was the first

one she showed interest on . Then she picked up the quilts which were supposedly be

given to Maggie on her wedding day . Dee feels that she deserves to be given the

quilts because of her passion to collect important objects that symbolizes African

Culture . She would use those items to display her heritage . Maggie her younger sister

on the other hand , is more like her mother . She is a shy and awkward girl , a person of

low self-esteem . Upon astute of Dee 's determination to acquire the quilt , she readily

gave in . Instead...