Everyday_Use

Everyday Use The four main characters of this story are the author, the authors daughters Dee (Wangero) and Maggie, and Hakim-a-barber. All of these characters have different values on the cultural artifacts in the story. When Dee came back home for the evening as they were eating supper she pointed out the butter churn and the dasher that she wanted them. She only wanted them to use as decorations in her fancy home. That’s all they were to her was decorations. But to the author they showed the hard work and the labor they used to do to make the butter for the wooden handle had finger grooves sunken in it showing just how hard they had to churn. It also meant a great deal to her because Uncle Buddy whittled it out of a tree. Dee really did have great value for the table benches that were made when they couldn't afford chairs. She was delighted that they still used them. The food really didn't have a great value to the author or Maggie because they were so used to eating it everyday. But Dee really did love the food, it seems as if dee, maggie, author, because, really, family, value, much, house, great, way, things, story, showing, saying, quilts, old, mother, make, just, hand, food, appreciation, ways, wanted, that’s, takes, special, simple, seems, out, name, meant, meaning, made, life, kind, home, hard, hakim-a-barber, feel, everything, even, eating, decorations, dasher, couldn't, churn, characters, came