The Red Convertible And Everyday Use, By Alice Walker

Both author’s of the stories “ The Red Convertible” and “Everyday Use” show the relationship of two different siblings. In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, you meet two siblings that are the complete opposite: Dee and Maggie. Dee is very selfish, egocentrics, and vain. As for Maggie, she is level headed, timid, and mellow. These sisters have a nonexistent relationship and could not compare to the story, “ The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich. The two brothers have an amazing connection where they would go on road trips with the car they both purchased together, sharing multiple memories and bonded over their most prized possession. The authors’ goal in “Everyday Use” and “ The Red Convertible” is to convey the characters in such a way where the audience feels sympathy, but also be able to tell the differences between the two stories whom live two different lifestyles and be able to tell if they are static, dynamic, round or flat. In Walker’s “Everyday Use” Sisters, Maggie and Dee, have a very vague relationship. Dee does not understand Maggie’s lifestyle because she was …show more content…
Erdrich’s goal in “ The Red Convertible” was for readers to feel sympathy to not only Lyman but for Henry Junior. Lyman felt powerless in his efforts to guide his brother back to his normal self because of the mental state the war gave him being away for three years. As for “ Everyday Use” the readers have sympathy towards Maggie because of her insecurity with the scars that remind her of the fire, being envious over the beauty, intelligence, and outspoken sister, Dee. Maggie closed herself off to the world because of her mother and not being exposed to the outside world as her sister Dee who left to become what her sister is not. A bond of a sibling may not always be perfect, but it is something you can always count