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Alice Walker's "Everyday Use."

In the short story, "Everyday Use", by Alice Walker, the characters consist of a black family composed of Mama and her two daughters: Dee and Maggie. Walker does a good job illustrating her unique characters. Dee, her oldest daughter who is visiting from college, is very different from her younger sister Maggie, who lives at home with her mother. The only thing these sisters have in common is the fact that they were both raised in the same household. However, Dee and Maggie differ in appearance, personality, and their ideas concerning family heritage.
When it comes to the sister's appearance, Maggie is the less attractive one. Mama says, "She knows she is not bright. Like good looks and money, quickness passed her by" (100). She is awkward and thin. She carries herself with low self-esteem, "chin on chest, eyes on ground, feet in shuffle" (99). Also, she is very self-conscious of the scars she received from the fire that burned their other......

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