Adolescence

Many times during adolescence, young adults will falter in their journey to self discovery. In Alice Walker's "Everyday Use," the character Dee faces similar self-dilemmas. Walker uses the theme, the journey to self discovery is often a difficult one, to relate her writing to a younger audience.
In the beginning of the story it is apparent that Dee has all of the unspoken advantages of being the oldest. Maggie, the younger child, was unfortunately burned in th efire of their first house. Maggie was "...homely and ashamed of the burn scars on her arms an...