Alice Walker the writer uses symbolism to represent something. The symbols in this story signify their heritage. The symbols are the quilts, the front yard, and the dasher. These are the three symbols that have a great impact towards the characters in this passage.
In the story “Everyday Use” there was a mother of two. She was a very hard working mother, whose daughters were very unlike each other. Dee was a much more fancy and high-class kind of person, Dees wild, colorful, clothing shows that she is a colorful, vibrant woman and also unwilling to be characterized as her mother and sister, Dee doesn’t want to be seen in raggedy clothing. In an article “How symbolism is used in everyday use” says “The clothing that the characters wear also …show more content…
(sagetried, bmadnick) quoted. Dees fake name isn’t showing who she really is. She’s being who she isn’t and it isn’t her true personality. She changed a lot. She sees her self higher than the rest of them. As soon as she arrived with her husband or friend, the first thing she did was take pictures of her mother and her sister, with out saying hello with a hug or a kiss. And the way I see this is that all she wants is to take as much as she can so she can show off her old heritage because Dee isn’t a fan of old stuff. She prefers the new and styled things rather than the old. That’s why Maggie was afraid to even speak because she new Dee was all about popularity and loved showing off. She just had to take something back to Africa from where she lives just to show off where she use to interact from. One of the objects that Dee wanted to take Contreras5
Things from her own home to show off over there. So she was acting like a tourist; she walked into her mothers house and took items that she would not use but instead make art out of them. she is only trying to make herself look good. So that item he wanted was …show more content…
It was mashpotatoes , with meat . Dees husband does not eat meat due to his religion . They rather eat soul food instead but to be kind they ate off of mamas food. What Dee and her husband rather eat is “Soul food” it is one of the main dish bowls in Africa. It defines their culture because it is one of a kind and they eat this only in Africa. Soul food was invented in the time where slavery was happening. So soul food would be the key to Dees heart. When Dee was sitting down on the kitchen table she would be looking around the room for something to take back. She was already thinking about it way before they arrived, she is just thinking of her self. She wants people to know that where she came from is very special. Yet she brags about how dirty and ugly it is out there but of course she’s to busy keeping
In the story “Everyday Use” there was a mother of two. She was a very hard working mother, whose daughters were very unlike each other. Dee was a much more fancy and high-class kind of person, Dees wild, colorful, clothing shows that she is a colorful, vibrant woman and also unwilling to be characterized as her mother and sister, Dee doesn’t want to be seen in raggedy clothing. In an article “How symbolism is used in everyday use” says “The clothing that the characters wear also …show more content…
(sagetried, bmadnick) quoted. Dees fake name isn’t showing who she really is. She’s being who she isn’t and it isn’t her true personality. She changed a lot. She sees her self higher than the rest of them. As soon as she arrived with her husband or friend, the first thing she did was take pictures of her mother and her sister, with out saying hello with a hug or a kiss. And the way I see this is that all she wants is to take as much as she can so she can show off her old heritage because Dee isn’t a fan of old stuff. She prefers the new and styled things rather than the old. That’s why Maggie was afraid to even speak because she new Dee was all about popularity and loved showing off. She just had to take something back to Africa from where she lives just to show off where she use to interact from. One of the objects that Dee wanted to take Contreras5
Things from her own home to show off over there. So she was acting like a tourist; she walked into her mothers house and took items that she would not use but instead make art out of them. she is only trying to make herself look good. So that item he wanted was …show more content…
It was mashpotatoes , with meat . Dees husband does not eat meat due to his religion . They rather eat soul food instead but to be kind they ate off of mamas food. What Dee and her husband rather eat is “Soul food” it is one of the main dish bowls in Africa. It defines their culture because it is one of a kind and they eat this only in Africa. Soul food was invented in the time where slavery was happening. So soul food would be the key to Dees heart. When Dee was sitting down on the kitchen table she would be looking around the room for something to take back. She was already thinking about it way before they arrived, she is just thinking of her self. She wants people to know that where she came from is very special. Yet she brags about how dirty and ugly it is out there but of course she’s to busy keeping