Everyday_Use

Everyday Use Everyday Use by Alice Walker “Everyday Use” is a story of a black woman and her two very different daughters. It takes place in the late 1960’s, during the civil rights’ movement, in a small, rural, Georgia farming town. The story is told through the perceptive eyes of Mama, who clearly loves both girls and accepts each as she is. As the story begins, Mama and her younger daughter, Maggie, are awaiting the arrival of Dee, the older daughter, who is coming to dee, mama, maggie, quilts, time, story, heritage, even, both, because, very, same, out, ones, name, herself, girls, everyday, dee’s, daughter, civil, better, after, war, wanted, wangero, walker, visit, understand, today, take, something, put, promised, points