Alice Walker Everyday Use Conflict

In the story “Everyday use” by Alice Walker is about two sisters and their mom. The sisters name are Dee and Maggie, the family’s house burned down and Maggie was hurt by the fire and burned her, she is still alive but badly hurt. Throughout the story Characterization, Conflict, and symbolism is important in this story “Everyday Use”. First, the different type of characterization in the story “Everyday Use” shows a lot of emotion and anger. Mostly from Maggie and her mom about her sister Dee that does not care about the house burning down or how she does not care about anything. Maggie says about her sister Dee “She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one hand, that “no” is a word the world never learned to say to her (Walker 1). Maggie just thinks that her sister only cares about herself and is self-centered. Their mother also says about Dee that “Why don’t you do a dance around the ashes? I’d wanted to ask

Conflict is a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. There is a lot of conflict going on with Dee, Maggie, and their mother about how Dee is acting rude and does not care about anything. Their mothers says “why don’t you take one or two of the others?” I asked, “These old things was just done by me and Big Dee from some tops your grandma pieced before she died” (Walker 6). Dee and Maggie’s mother was telling Dee to get the top that her mother and grandpa made before he died but Dee refuse to take anything. Her mother was really disappointed about how Dee was acting and not caring about anything. Another conflict that happened is that their mom said “Why don’t you do a dance around the ashes?” (Walker 2). When Dee mom said this she means that since Dee didn’t care about the house and was happy why didn’t she just dance around there house that is burned down. Dee shows no feeling about the house or her sister getting burned in the