"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker is a terrific story concerning a mother and her two daughters. "Everyday Use" examines the tough life of a mother who raised her daughters Maggie and Dee. Although these girls are, sisters they have polar opposite personalities that will be observe.
             Dee is extremely intelligent and fashionable person. When Dee's mother was in second grade, her school was closed down. Therefore, Dee's mother did not get to finish her education. Dee on the other hand is graduating from high school and getting ready to go to college. Furthermore, her family and the church are raising money to send Dee to Paine College in Augusta, Georgia. Dee would read to her family showing how bright she is. Her mother mentioned "She washed us in a river of make-believe, burned us with a lot of knowledge we didn't necessarily need o know. Pressed us to her with the serious way she read, to shove us away at just the moment, like dimwits, we seemed about to understand" (Walker 87). This demonstrated how Dee loves to show off her intelligence by making others feel inferior. Dee was also the most fashionable one in the family. As her mother points out she wanted to wear "A yellow organdy 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" (87). This confirmed how stylish Dee could be.
             Maggie is more reserved and unpretentious. A while back when the family lived in their other house. It caught on fire and Maggie had received massive burns on her arms and legs. Due to this, Maggie lacks the confidence and the self-esteem that Dee encompass. Also has her mother indicates that Maggie would have her "chin on her chest, eyes on the ground, feet in shuffle, ever since the fire that burned the other house to the ground" (87). This demonstrates the lack by the way she carries herself.
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