The Characters Of Parents In Alice Walker's Everyday Use

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A sibling is defined as “each of two or more children or offspring having one or both parents in common” (google.com). Sharing parents don’t automatically make you and your sibling close. Most siblings have gone their whole lives under the same roof, not having a thing in common. you can share your toys, room, and everything else and still not have anything in common with your sister or brother, One may be quiet and shy while the other is loud and outrageous. This is the case in Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”. In this short story, the narrator known as mama introduces us to her two girls Dee and Maggie. Mama tells us about their differences such as their physical appearance, character traits, and even their education level. Most sisters that are as close in age like Dee and Maggie usually have something in coming other that they have the same mother. Apart from that, the two sisters don’t have much in common. Mama judges the girls on their looks which isn’t fair. Mama said “Have you ever seen a lame animal, perhaps a dog run over by some careless person rich enough to own a car, sidle up to someone who is ignorant enough to be kind to him? That is the way my Maggie walks. She has been like this, chin on chest, The eldest is supposed to help the youngest out with any problems that may arise. They are supposed to help guide the younger one on to be a better person when they grow up. In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” Mama compares the girls in every way she can. The girls are on two different levels when it comes to education. Dee is thought to be smarter than Maggie because she is older. Maggie might actually be smarter than Dee but since she is so quite we will never know what smarts she really holds. There is no telling what she could tell everyone if she wasn’t so shy Dee should have helped her younger sister Maggie. She should have taken her under her

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