Everyday Use Movie Analysis
When looking at families, whether in stories or films, one can spot the person within the family that is the outcast. Lars from Lars and the Real Girl and Maggie from “Everyday Use” both share the role of being an outcast, and it is evident by the way they are treated within their respective family. One can infer that Lars’ family and Maggie’s family are similar, in the way, they are both overlooked in their families and are negatively affected because of this.
As Lars and the Real Girl begins, Lars is introduced. Weisel-Barth argues that through loneliness Lars is able to reach a state of realness with himself. The author states, “The movie begins at Lars’s tipping point. Unless he does something to relieve his crushing loneliness, he will surely sink, like the father, into hopeless analytic depression” (Weisel-Barth 113). One can infer that Lars is a lonely and misunderstood individual who has disconnected himself from the world. Lars’ disposition at the beginning of the film is …show more content…
Tuten argues that there is a use and abuse of language portrayed in Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”. The author states, “Dee manipulates and oppresses both her mom and her sister through her verbal skills” (Tuten 125). Dee uses her verbal skills to get what she wants, and this is evident in the way she degrades Maggie to secure the quilts for herself. Although Dee is smooth with her words, she lacks common sense and the knowledge of her family heritage. Maggie gives up the quilts, not because she gives into Dee, but that she knows the true value of the quilts. One can also see that Dee is ashamed and embarrassed by her childhood, and the only reason for her visit is not to see her family, but to see what she can bring back to her home for decorations. Once the mother is able to understand her motive, she tells her she can’t have the quilts and gets upset at Maggie for giving them to
As Lars and the Real Girl begins, Lars is introduced. Weisel-Barth argues that through loneliness Lars is able to reach a state of realness with himself. The author states, “The movie begins at Lars’s tipping point. Unless he does something to relieve his crushing loneliness, he will surely sink, like the father, into hopeless analytic depression” (Weisel-Barth 113). One can infer that Lars is a lonely and misunderstood individual who has disconnected himself from the world. Lars’ disposition at the beginning of the film is …show more content…
Tuten argues that there is a use and abuse of language portrayed in Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”. The author states, “Dee manipulates and oppresses both her mom and her sister through her verbal skills” (Tuten 125). Dee uses her verbal skills to get what she wants, and this is evident in the way she degrades Maggie to secure the quilts for herself. Although Dee is smooth with her words, she lacks common sense and the knowledge of her family heritage. Maggie gives up the quilts, not because she gives into Dee, but that she knows the true value of the quilts. One can also see that Dee is ashamed and embarrassed by her childhood, and the only reason for her visit is not to see her family, but to see what she can bring back to her home for decorations. Once the mother is able to understand her motive, she tells her she can’t have the quilts and gets upset at Maggie for giving them to