Every day use
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, written in 1944, narrates the story of black family composed of a Mother and her two daughters: Maggie and Dee. Dee is the oldest one. A point that we can easily notice as the story is developed is that Maggie is extremely jealous of her sister. She believes that her sister has a better life than she does.The mother is the one that narrates the story; she makes different descriptions about both girls. The story has many examples to explain why Maggie believes that her sister has a better life. As we read the story, we can perceive that the idea of prejudice appears related to the fact that Maggie feels bad about her sister. Maggie is extremely jealous of her sister; she does not like the presence of Dee in her house. As her mother says in the story, "
" those were the words of her mother. " From her point of view, Dee controls the world with her hands; she can do whatever she wants. " She believes that her sister gets everything she wants; all she needs to do is ask somebody for what she wants. Maggie will be nervous until her sister goes. "Sometimes I can still hear the flames and feel Maggie's arms sticking to me, her hair smoking and her dress falling off her in little black papery flakes. Her mother dreams with Dee; even in her dreams she believes that Dee is perfect. Maggie's name was never mentioned in the dream. " again the mother was referring to Dee. She thinks that, " no is a word that the world never learned to say to her.
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