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    <title>Everyday Use Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Everyday Use Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dee has found her own identity as an African-American since she left...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dee has found her own identity as an African-American since she left home.  She has changed her name, her way of dressing, and her perspective on her heritage.  Walker portrays her as a young woman who couldn't wait to escape her slower-paced, rather old fashioned home for the opportunities that were starting to exist for young African-Americans.
When she returns home, Mama doesn't greet her with open arms because Dee's appearance is...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:58:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Everyday Use," what has happened to Dee since she left home?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "Everyday Use," what has happened to Dee since she left home?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:20:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I love teaching this story, even though I'm continually frustrated that...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I love teaching this story, even though I'm continually frustrated that my students (mostly Southerners who are very closely tied to their home town) side with two of the characters (Mama and Maggie) and have little or nothing that is good to say about Dee. They see the characters who stay home as the ones who are being true to their heritage and see the one who leaves, changes her name, etc. as the one who is failing to value her heritage....]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:50:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[If you are concluding an essay on Walker's theme of ancestral heritage...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you are concluding an essay on Walker's theme of ancestral heritage in the story, I would discuss Walker's view that ancestral heritage must be personal and practical, as seen in the characters of Mama and Maggie.  If someone truly wants to honor his or her roots/heritage, that person will discover the family connections to heirlooms, not just the cultural significance, and put those heirlooms to good use.  Mama and Maggie actually use...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:46:44 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What would be a good conclusion for "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker when...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What would be a good conclusion for "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker when discussing ancestral heritage?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:25:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[First the name of the Author, then the year by example.
DiYanni...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/everyday-use/q-and-a/how-do-write-literature-textbook-citation-108345</link>
        <description><![CDATA[First the name of the Author, then the year by example.
DiYanni (2007) Reading, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. pg. 523, 220. Etc. this only an example.
 
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        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:54:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Last name, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed....]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/everyday-use/q-and-a/how-do-write-literature-textbook-citation-108345</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Last name, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication.
Example:
Emerson, Ralph Waldo.  "Self-Relaince."  Elements of Literature, Fifth Course.  Ed. Probst, Robert E. New York: Holt, 2003.  213. Print.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:02:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How do I write a literature textbook citation?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How do I write a literature textbook citation?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:02:45 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is purely subjective, but I believe that Alice Walker chooses Mrs....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is purely subjective, but I believe that Alice Walker chooses Mrs. Johnson (the mother) as the narrator so that readers can see several different perspectives of what heritage and culture mean.  Through Mrs. Johnson's eyes, Walker describes Maggie and the hardships she has endured along with her practical view of her heritage and heirlooms.  In contrast, Mrs. Johnson demonstrates a slight bias in her attitude toward Dee, because she...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:33:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why was "Everyday Use" not written from Dee's point of view?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why was "Everyday Use" not written from Dee's point of view?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:05:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Walker's tone varies slightly in the story.  Overall, the story...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Walker's tone varies slightly in the story.  Overall, the story demonstrates a didactic (teaching) tone.  The author wants to teach her readers that heirlooms and tradition should be personal and meaningful, not decorations (as Dee sees the quilts). The story also possesses an empathetic tone and mood.  Readers cannot help but feel for Maggie who has had very little in her life or even for Dee who is struggling to establish who she is but...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:34:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Walker's "Everyday Use" use setting to enhance its tone and mood?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/everyday-use/q-and-a/im-writing-an-essay-everyday-use-by-alice-walker-106951</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How does Walker's "Everyday Use" use setting to enhance its tone and mood?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:12:25 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[flashback and foreshadowing to give the reader some insights from the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[flashback and foreshadowing to give the reader some insights from the past and insights about the future.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:02:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Similarities:
1. Both stories feature women who are unhappy with their...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Similarities:
1. Both stories feature women who are unhappy with their lot in life (socially and economically), and who are rather disappointed in some aspect of their family (Dee with Mama and Maggie--she sees them as inferior and too simple to understand her; Mathilde with her husband--she thinks that he is common and not sophisticated enough for her taste).
2. Both women place value on objects and how others view them.  Dee has redefined...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:43:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are some similarities between "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are some similarities between "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:32:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The central theme of Everyday Use is the importance of appreciating the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The central theme of Everyday Use is the importance of appreciating the practical and useful aspects of living rather than simply the superficial aspects of it. This theme can be seen in the development of the three main character. The mother describes herself as being a hard worker, always given to physical labor and not very educated. She clearly favors her smart, extravagant daughter, living in awe of all that Dee has been able to...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 6 Oct 2009 06:42:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What do you think is the central theme of this story? How does the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What do you think is the central theme of this story? How does the direct and indirect characterization of the characters work to show this meaning?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 5 Oct 2009 21:22:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Her physical traits are provided directly by the mother. She  describes...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Her physical traits are provided directly by the mother. She  describes herself as being built for labor. She is a larger African American woman, who admittedly is more built like a man than a woman. She has done physical labor her whole life, and it has had clear physical effects. She also describes herself as not being very educated. She chews tobacco as well.
As for personality traits, she is clearly old-fashioned and traditional. She...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:09:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Based on the narrator, what traits would you give the mother in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Based on the narrator, what traits would you give the mother in "Everyday Use"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:34:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The story, like Walker's novel The Color Purple, draws from the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The story, like Walker's novel The Color Purple, draws from the Cinderella myth.
Maggie is like Cinderella in terms of status, not looks.  She is homely, physically slow, none too bright, and physically scarred (from the house fire).  Her mother knows that she will have a hard time marrying, but she knows just who it will be.  Maggie feels undeserving of her mother's attention and heirlooms.  Next to her sister, she cowers like an ugly...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:03:49 PST</pubDate>
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