The writer highlights that family value and culture legacies are important for individuals to build self-identity, instead of, constrain individuals’ self-identity. Maggie is the daughter that did not get an opportunity to obtain a college education because the family was very poor. She lives at home and maintains the traditional lifestyle that was instilled to her growing up as child. In doing so, she retains the traditional lifestyle by maintaining the farm, cooking, and caring on for the ranch. During that time, Dee, the other daughter went away to college to attain a higher education. In “Everyday Use” by Alice walker, the author highlights a mother and her two daughters differ of opinion as far as family heritage.
After Dee obtained her higher education, she diverged from the conventional family lifestyle of working on a farm. She adopted individualized self-identity values, which was differ in comparison to the way her mother had raised her. Moreover, Dee was involved in an organization named “Cultural Nationalism”, which is a group of …show more content…
Maggie was the one that stayed at home and of course builds a closer bond with her mother instead of Dee who went away for college. Since Maggie lives at home and abides by the traditional lifestyle her mother thought her as a child, and she was not as accomplished as Dee was; therefore, it explained why the mother had softer heart for her and that she felt that Maggie is the one that deserved the quilt as opposed to Dee. The mother’s hope is that Maggie would ultimately get married and live a decent life when she finds a good man. As previously mentioned, Maggie never had the opportunity to go away to college, and that she lives the routine lifestyle she was thought as a child, and that she maintained the traditional and family values and did not shifted away from these decisions like her sister
After Dee obtained her higher education, she diverged from the conventional family lifestyle of working on a farm. She adopted individualized self-identity values, which was differ in comparison to the way her mother had raised her. Moreover, Dee was involved in an organization named “Cultural Nationalism”, which is a group of …show more content…
Maggie was the one that stayed at home and of course builds a closer bond with her mother instead of Dee who went away for college. Since Maggie lives at home and abides by the traditional lifestyle her mother thought her as a child, and she was not as accomplished as Dee was; therefore, it explained why the mother had softer heart for her and that she felt that Maggie is the one that deserved the quilt as opposed to Dee. The mother’s hope is that Maggie would ultimately get married and live a decent life when she finds a good man. As previously mentioned, Maggie never had the opportunity to go away to college, and that she lives the routine lifestyle she was thought as a child, and that she maintained the traditional and family values and did not shifted away from these decisions like her sister