Essays on Everyday Use

In the short story, “Everyday Use”, two of the three main characters undergo drastic transformations as the story progresses. The mother is a middle aged, down to earth, hardworking woman who only seems to need the basics in life to be happy. She is more…

One Day Use Final: Rewritten Narrative for “Everyday Use” Society’s investment in whiteness forces people of color to suppress elements of their cultural identities to comply with white uniformity. I believe that adding to the narrative of “Everyday Use” and illuminating the experiences of the…

The Theme of Cultural Conflict in Alice Walker’s Everyday Use Every individual has a culture and every culture has a history. Cultural heritage is the expression of how the history of a culture relates to the present. Everyday Use by Alice Walker presents a conflict…

Everyday Use by Alice Walker is a short story depicting a hard-working black mother, and her two very different daughters. To some, it is a story about a mother finally standing up to an ungrateful daughter; to others, it is a story of heritage. It…

In the short story, “Everyday Use”, two of the three main characters undergo drastic transformations as the story progresses. The mother is a middle aged, down to earth, hardworking woman who only seems to need the basics in life to be happy. She is more…

I still remember my very first day to my college because after a long day at college, going back to my PG was so confusing that I entered in many unknown lanes of Kamla Nagar. Lost in a new city, my rescuer was not a…