Everyday Use Analysis Essay

terrestrial Use is a short history by Alice Walker, it is a disdainful short story. A story ab bring out two sisters and a mom, that the two girls are totally different. Also teaching to stand up for what you want. This story is about a mom and a girl called Maggie that they pop off it on alone because the older sibling moved out. In the story Maggie and the draw keep up not seen how much Dee has lurchd in over six years. Dee in the short story sees that her sister Maggie and her mother have not change throughout these six years not a bit.In the story Dee and Maggie are examples of foil portions. Maggie is the very shy and polite one out of her and Dee. Maggie was the character that lived with mama, during the story it says that Maggie was burned in a house fire. This character is a character that would just blend into the background because of how shy she was, she wouldnt talk to much so she would rather just blend in with the surroundings. Maggie was a foil character becaus e her and mama didnt change nought throughout the six years that passed, while Dee did change a plenty throughout those six years.Maggie is a good hearted kid, she would rather let Dee have the quilts that were promised to her, instead of fighting over them. Dee is sisters with Maggie in this story, she is the character who is very impolite, or that does things her way. Dee is the only educated character it says in the short story that she left(p) so that she could be educated. Dee is noticed as a character that does some(prenominal)(prenominal) she wants, and have it go her way.One example is that, Dee wears a brightly colored, yellow-and-orange, ankle-length lay that is inappropriate for the warm weather. This shows that she would wear anything she wants even if its inappropriate in any way. In the story mama wouldnt let Dee have the quilts, and she became furious. This another(prenominal) example that she is very stubborn, because in the end she keeps the quilts. In this sto ry i learned that being generous and polite will get you farther in life, but if youre stubborn, and impolite you wont get as far in life.