Everyday Use

Everyday Use

Introduction: "Everyday Use"

In the short story, "Everyday Use", Alice Walker uses everyday articles that are the principle focus of the story and are discussed with great detail. The author reveals the emotional response of the characters in the story to these objects, to contrast the simple and implicit with fashion and craze. The main characters in this story are the narrator, "Mama," and the daughter, Maggie on one side; the other daughter, Dee, is on the other side. All have antagonistic views on the worth of the different objects in their lives. Alice walker uses this ...