"Everyday Use"

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The paper analyzes Alice Walker's short story, "Everyday Use." The paper focuses on the narrator, Mama, who chooses to validate one daughter's values over another. The paper treats the issues of black pride and their heritage.

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"In Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use" a mother chooses to validate one daughter's values over another's and in so doing affirms her own value system. The mother called Mama is also the narrator of the story and so the events that unfold are seen through her perceptions. Mama is poor in education and opportunity but rich in spirit and pride. She understands the limitations of her birth and environment but goes beyond these limitations."

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