Everyday Use
They say the keys to the future lye in the past, and to embrace the past and the heritage that is there develops a strong individual and family environment. In Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use", she brings up such issues that discuss and compare the relationship between heritage, tradition, and the past. The story also questions whether or not heritage is something one uses or something one possess. How does one describe heritage? To understand or establish heritage, one must have a source of history. A link to the past so you can begin to detect where habits that you have, originate. For example, things as simple as a butter churn, a wooden bench, or an old quilt. All of these objects are brought up in "Everyday Use" to show how heritage plays an exclusive role in everyday life. To a person of modern times an object such as a butter churn has no use. If ever you needed butter all you would have to do is hop in the car, drive to the nearest store, and purchase it. In Alice Walker's short story, going to the nearest super market was not an option. Mama and Maggie used the butter churn in everyday activities. "...went over in the corner where the churn stood, the milk in the
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Approximate Word count = 889
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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