everyday use

             "...Suffering Produces Perseverance; Perseverance, Character
             "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen both personified a mother with great love and compassion for their children. Although each mother was separated by cultural and social differences the mothers in these stories shared a similar character. Character that can only be found in a mother, and can only be obtained through struggles, hardship and perseverance. Both mothers succeeded through life and providing the best for their children in every way possible, alone. Whether it is sending them to college when money was obviously short or extending a love to them that was boundless. These mothers held the height of their profession, known as "Momma".
             "Everyday Use" depicts a large black woman with a heart as big as her profile and the work ethic of an ox. Dee's mother has taken the persecutions of life in stride, from the family house burning down to her husband leaving her. In that respect she shared a lot in common with Emily's, mother. Emily's mother also made no mention of support from a male figure in the story and was struck with tragedy when her daughter was taken to some sort of mental ward and released some time later. Even with the trials they have been sent through, alone, these women came out on top and in one way or another their children where better off than the culture they arose from.
             Emily's mother and Dee's (Wangero's) mother both encountered struggles with there children and seemed to handle them in a similar fashion. Although the encounters Emily's and Dee's mother faced were different they handled them with the same poise and resilience of woman of fine nobility. When Dee came back home to visit after college her mother withstood the flashy car, the lofty attitude and the superficial name chan
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