In the story Everyday Use by Alice Walker the theme of irony is repeatedly is portrayed by favoring materialism over culture. Dee is not like her family, ever since she was young she strived for “nice things. A yellow organdy dress to wear to her graduation… black pumps to match a green suit.” above everything else she wanted things. Dee wanted these materialistic objects to satisfy her, to help her fit in, and to distance herself from her family and childhood home she despised. Dee wanted escape her world, but at the same time she wanted to take small steps toward it, view it from a distance. Dee came back to her world, taunting her family “forcing words, [and] lies upon us two, sitting trapped and ignorant under her voice… [shoving] us away
