Everyday Use By Alice Walker Analysis
Many people have developed a common interest in their cultural heritage. In doing so, there are two significant ways in which a person may contrast, such interest: materially and home valued. Cultural heritage is the customs of living which is passed from generations to generations. Mahatma Ghandi once said that, “A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.” In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”, cultural understanding is difficult for most people in today’s society to fully understand. Her characters, Dee, the Mother, and Maggie portray to show how one family member can think they know it all and understand their heritage but, fall short of the true meaning.
In this short story, you can tell the setting is around the 1960s to 1970s. The mother is a big-boned black woman who has always worked hard her whole life to provide for her family. She has two daughters, Dee and Maggie, who are totally different in so many ways. Even though she tries to teach them how to live through their culture, one doesn’t comprehend too well.
Maggie has always been timid growing up. Ever since their last house caught on fire, Maggie has been very homebound to her mother. She was scared to do anything. She always belittled …show more content…
Dee proved to herself that she was smarter than her mother and sister. Dee learned the identity of her culture but does not understand the true aspect of it. Dee does not comprehend that her culture heritage started how her mother and sister are living now.
Culture heritage is more than just being materialistic. It is about the value of life it brings to the family. Learning about your heritage brings a new fun of life to you. You get so content with being culturally involved that the material things become less to you. Cultural heritage today is proven to be different from the old times. As in today’s society, it is used as an identifier rather than home
In this short story, you can tell the setting is around the 1960s to 1970s. The mother is a big-boned black woman who has always worked hard her whole life to provide for her family. She has two daughters, Dee and Maggie, who are totally different in so many ways. Even though she tries to teach them how to live through their culture, one doesn’t comprehend too well.
Maggie has always been timid growing up. Ever since their last house caught on fire, Maggie has been very homebound to her mother. She was scared to do anything. She always belittled …show more content…
Dee proved to herself that she was smarter than her mother and sister. Dee learned the identity of her culture but does not understand the true aspect of it. Dee does not comprehend that her culture heritage started how her mother and sister are living now.
Culture heritage is more than just being materialistic. It is about the value of life it brings to the family. Learning about your heritage brings a new fun of life to you. You get so content with being culturally involved that the material things become less to you. Cultural heritage today is proven to be different from the old times. As in today’s society, it is used as an identifier rather than home