In her story Everyday Use, Alice Walker is telling the story though the eyes of Mama,

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Qi Fan
Professor D.E. Lambert
English 28-Sec. #6051
November 06 2012
Comparison and contrast of “Everyday Use”
In her story “Everyday Use,” Alice Walker is telling the story though the eyes of Mama, who is the narrator of this story. The story begins by describing the beautiful garden, which is like an extended living room on a common day. Then Mama introduces one of her two daughters, Maggie, whose life is held away by her sister Dee. This story tells about many different themes and issues in common daily life. One of the major themes in “Everyday Use” is contrasting ways of life and thinking between Maggie and Dee.
Maggie and Dee have different thinking on their mother. The narrator says that she has had a dream in which she is on a TV show with her daughter Dee and the host is congratulating her on raising such a fine girl as her daughter. Then the narrator moves from her description of her dream to bring reality to light. “In real life I am a large, big-boned woman with rough man-working hands” (page. 161), the narrator says, and she compares herself to a man who works so hard even to kill hogs. In contrast, Dee wants her to be a hundred pounds lighter, skin like an uncooked barley pancake and with a witty tongue. Maggie does not have this opinion. It is clear that the Maggie and Dee have the different expectations about their own mother.
