Literature Essay Thesis Proposal
In “Everyday Use”, Alice Walker tells the story of Dee, Mama, and Maggie who all come from the same culture, yet they express their culture in different ways. Dee expresses her culture by rebranding herself and wanting to have artifacts of her heritage, unlike Mama and Maggie they lived in their traditional settings of their culture every day. The Ideas Walker wants the readers to know is that each of these characters have opposing views on what their culture means to them, and if they can look past these differences.
When Dee viewed the history of tyranny in her family she was infuriated by it and then composed a new heritage for herself and in the process she ended up rejecting her real heritage. An example of this is when she ended up changing her name from Dee to “Wangero” in believing it represents her African heritage. She does not realize that changing her name to “Wangero” is just a statement and is meaningless, and she has little understanding of what her actual heritage is. Overall Dee actually views her heritage as dead and that it is something of the past, instead of believing it is a continuing foundation.
Mama and Dee have different concepts when it comes to what their “heritage” actually is. According to Mama, “heritage” are family objects that have been made and are …show more content…
Mama said to Dee, "The truth is," I said, "I promised to give them quilts to Maggie, for when she marries John Thomas." According to Mama, she did not think Dee would want these quilts because Dee never showed any interest in wanting to embrace and be involved in their heritage. Mama did not want theses quilts to be treated like artifacts and displayed like they would in a museum. It is very obvious Mama loves both her children and wants what is best for them, but has struggled with how Dee does not embrace her culture like they
In “Everyday Use”, Alice Walker tells the story of Dee, Mama, and Maggie who all come from the same culture, yet they express their culture in different ways. Dee expresses her culture by rebranding herself and wanting to have artifacts of her heritage, unlike Mama and Maggie they lived in their traditional settings of their culture every day. The Ideas Walker wants the readers to know is that each of these characters have opposing views on what their culture means to them, and if they can look past these differences.
When Dee viewed the history of tyranny in her family she was infuriated by it and then composed a new heritage for herself and in the process she ended up rejecting her real heritage. An example of this is when she ended up changing her name from Dee to “Wangero” in believing it represents her African heritage. She does not realize that changing her name to “Wangero” is just a statement and is meaningless, and she has little understanding of what her actual heritage is. Overall Dee actually views her heritage as dead and that it is something of the past, instead of believing it is a continuing foundation.
Mama and Dee have different concepts when it comes to what their “heritage” actually is. According to Mama, “heritage” are family objects that have been made and are …show more content…
Mama said to Dee, "The truth is," I said, "I promised to give them quilts to Maggie, for when she marries John Thomas." According to Mama, she did not think Dee would want these quilts because Dee never showed any interest in wanting to embrace and be involved in their heritage. Mama did not want theses quilts to be treated like artifacts and displayed like they would in a museum. It is very obvious Mama loves both her children and wants what is best for them, but has struggled with how Dee does not embrace her culture like they