Essays on Everyday Use

Everyday Use was publicized in Alice Walker’s collection, In Love and Trouble. It has grown in popularity ever since its publication in 1973. Everyday Use establishes Walker’s use of African American culture and heritage during her young adult livelihood in literature. Walker uses folk culture...

Hook: A quote from the short story. ‘Everyday Use,’ is a story about a poor, African American family and a conflict about the word ‘heritage.’ In this short story, the word ‘heritage’ has two meanings. One meaning for the word ‘heritage’ represents family items, thoughts,...

Should parents and adult children have the same morals? Parents and children should have similar morals. This is not the case in “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker. In “Everyday Use,” the writer shows us how the mother and Dee, her daughter, have different moral standpoints....

In “Everyday Use,” Alice Walker tells the story of a mother’s conflicted relationship with her two daughters. On its surface, “Everyday Use” may seem like a tale of a family falling out due to differences between one another. On a deeper level, Alice Walker is...

Heritage is a lifestyle or tradition that is passed on from generations before us so that we may continue for generations to come. In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, the message the author is hoping to convey to the audience is the importance of her...

The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara is a story narrated by Sylvia, a young African American highlighting the plight of the black community. Toni Cade Bambara introduced us to issues relating to the topic of the unfairness distribution of wealth in society. The setting of...

Alice Walker’s novel The Color Purple begins with, “You better not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy”. This quote sets forth the state of oppression Cecile is in. Celie is depicted as a submissive woman, that seems to be static in her...