Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”

Read Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” and answer the questions below that are geared toward helping you

understand her narrative point of view and purpose. Offer specific support from the text. You are

encouraged to complete a first draft of the assignment then revise your work. Submit the assignment to

the Chalk & Wire link no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This assignment is linked to Turnitin.) 1.

What do you know about the mother of the story? 2. When we have a first-person narrator, we have to

decide if she is reliable or unreliable. Do you trust this narrator? Why or why not? 3. What assumptions

does the narrator have about her daughters? Do you agree? Why? 4. How would the story be different if it

were told from Dee/Wangero’s perspective? 5. Mama and Dee/Wangero have different ideas about

personal development. What are they? What are the consequences of their differences? 6. Based on your

answers to all of the above, offer your opinion of Mama’s decision to give the quilt to Maggie. 7. How does

Walker define heritage? 8. What is Walker’s purpose? What is the central problem she is addressing? 9.

What is the theme of “Everyday Use?”

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