Alice Walkers “ Everyday Use”, is a story about a family of African-Americans that are faced with moral issues involving what true inheritance is and who deserves it. Two sisters and two hand stitched quilts become the center of focus for this short story. Walker paints for us the most vivid representation through a third person perspective of family values and how people from the same environment and upbringing can become different types of people. This encounter, which takes place when Dee (the only member of the family to receive a formal education) and her male friend return to visit Dee’s mother and younger sister Maggie, is essentially an encounter between two different approaches to African-American culture. Walker highlight the importance
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For example, we have many people; such as Dee in the short story that change with the environment and make differences in their lifestyle as well as in their characters. We can see it’s examples by seeing the name of Dee, who changed her name. secondly most peoples are thinking that heritage can be kept alive by keeping the origins safe in the boxes or putting them on the wall. In the short story, Dee was also telling her Mama that “she can keep the quilts save and will put it on the walls to keep it save and keep our culture alive. But if you give it to Maggie, she will use them and will destroy the quilts”. But her mama was aware and believed that culture and heritage can be kept alive by using then in daily use instead of putting them on the wall or putting in the boxes. Thus she replied to Dee by saying her that “Maggie is the owner of quilts and she knew how to make new and by using the heritage one is able to keep their culture alive not by preserving them”. To sum up, the theme of the story allows us to draw the conclusion of it, which tells us that one’s heritage is meant to be used and made a part of daily life, not preserved and put it on the walls. If someone want to keep their culture alive, use it in everyday life and try to keep it
For example, we have many people; such as Dee in the short story that change with the environment and make differences in their lifestyle as well as in their characters. We can see it’s examples by seeing the name of Dee, who changed her name. secondly most peoples are thinking that heritage can be kept alive by keeping the origins safe in the boxes or putting them on the wall. In the short story, Dee was also telling her Mama that “she can keep the quilts save and will put it on the walls to keep it save and keep our culture alive. But if you give it to Maggie, she will use them and will destroy the quilts”. But her mama was aware and believed that culture and heritage can be kept alive by using then in daily use instead of putting them on the wall or putting in the boxes. Thus she replied to Dee by saying her that “Maggie is the owner of quilts and she knew how to make new and by using the heritage one is able to keep their culture alive not by preserving them”. To sum up, the theme of the story allows us to draw the conclusion of it, which tells us that one’s heritage is meant to be used and made a part of daily life, not preserved and put it on the walls. If someone want to keep their culture alive, use it in everyday life and try to keep it