There are many generalizations and conclusions that could be drawn about the narrator family Alice Walker's short story "Every Day Use". The narrator tells a story about the lives of her two daughters and gives the reader some insight about their relationship, similarities and differences. This story proves that people can come from the same place, and have similar experiences, but can still be worlds apart from each other both physically and mentally.
             Maggie is one of the sisters who is somewhat timid at times. She also was envious of her beautiful and more attractive sister Dee. The author stated that "Maggie will be nervous until after her sister goes, she will be ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eyeing her [Dee] with a mixture of envy and awe" (Walker 86).
             This envy and awe that she experienced was partly because she was not very physically attractive or even smart for that matter. When she would attempt to read to her mother she would "good-naturedly stumble"(Walker 86). Her skin complection was not even like Dee's. "Dee is lighter than Maggie with nicer hair and a fuller figure" (Walker 87). The narrator compared her to a lame animal that was run over by a careless person who was rich enough to own a car" (Walker 86-87). The envy that Maggie felt, the descriptions of her figure, and other physical attributes describes show that Maggie was not attractive at all. Since she had low self-esteem she stayed to herself and never asked for much.
             On the other hand, Dee was the total opposite. She was smart enough to graduate from her High School, and wanted to reward herself with a fancy dress. "Dee wanted nice things, a yellow orangandy dress to wear to her graduation from High School; black pumps to match a green suit she'd made from an old suit somebody gave me"(Walker 87). She liked to be 'on top' of th
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