“Heritage” differs with people’s perception
People have different perspective on what they truly consider as heritage. Some actually consider the heritage to be something to preserve and show off, on contrary to others who believe to preserve them best when, put into ‘everyday use’. In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”, author uses symbolism, external and internal conflicts to compare weak women to a Strong woman’s identities, and their perception on what a heritage is, and portray the object of jealousy among family members. The story also, puts some light on the change taking place in African American women’s life in her era in subject to Dee’s character being the change and the character of Mama trying to resist the change, and following the traditional life and practices. The narrator informs, readers the ways she and her younger daughter Maggie is different from her other daughter, Dee in reference to looks and perceptions on what they actually consider to be a heritage. The narrator is somewhere envious …show more content…
She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one hand, that “no” is a word the world never learned to say to her. (Walker, 2014, p.840)
In the entire text, Dee is characterized as more beautiful than her and Maggie. Maggie is often, characterized as a shy girl ashamed of her burn scars. In the text, Mama has regularly characterized herself and Maggie to be inferior in terms of their looks and personality, on contrary to Dee, who is often mentioned with superior traits and liberty. Dee’s characterization seems to be of an independent woman, who breaking the chain and moving beyond the family’s norms changed her name, functioned independently. Dee is presented to be an egotistical, dominant and a materialistic
People have different perspective on what they truly consider as heritage. Some actually consider the heritage to be something to preserve and show off, on contrary to others who believe to preserve them best when, put into ‘everyday use’. In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”, author uses symbolism, external and internal conflicts to compare weak women to a Strong woman’s identities, and their perception on what a heritage is, and portray the object of jealousy among family members. The story also, puts some light on the change taking place in African American women’s life in her era in subject to Dee’s character being the change and the character of Mama trying to resist the change, and following the traditional life and practices. The narrator informs, readers the ways she and her younger daughter Maggie is different from her other daughter, Dee in reference to looks and perceptions on what they actually consider to be a heritage. The narrator is somewhere envious …show more content…
She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one hand, that “no” is a word the world never learned to say to her. (Walker, 2014, p.840)
In the entire text, Dee is characterized as more beautiful than her and Maggie. Maggie is often, characterized as a shy girl ashamed of her burn scars. In the text, Mama has regularly characterized herself and Maggie to be inferior in terms of their looks and personality, on contrary to Dee, who is often mentioned with superior traits and liberty. Dee’s characterization seems to be of an independent woman, who breaking the chain and moving beyond the family’s norms changed her name, functioned independently. Dee is presented to be an egotistical, dominant and a materialistic