An Analysis of Everyday Use

How many children’s stories have you read that began with the words “once upon a
time”? We know that this is fiction. What about fiction that sounds so real that you are not sure
whether it is fiction or actual events that really happened. In the story Everyday Use, everything
sounds so real that I actually thought of a family member that compared so closely with Dee. We
can easily compare the fiction of “Everyday Use” with people of today by understanding that
social classification happens in every family, whether in fiction or real families.
In the opening of the story, Maggie and her mother, the narrator of the story, are waiting
for Maggie’s sister to arrive. No doubt they have spent all morning cooking and cleaning in
anticipation of making a good impression on Dee and her boyfriend or husband (they are unsure
of which). Many families usually have on member who has moved away to a larger city and only
comes home to the country (emphasis added) for speci...