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I Stand Here Ironing (Tillie Olsen) Everyday Use By Alice Walker is a story about a mother and her two daughters. The writer address the issue of a mother's guilt over her children turn out. The mother blame herself for her daughter's problems. Dee the older daughter, and Maggie the youngest daughter, were opposites. Walker uses the character of Dee to make a profound statement o what it mean to be African American. This short story contrasts Dee's faddish "Afrocentricism" against the very real, nurturing values of her moth and sister. Dee was so unhappy wiht her life she changed her name to Wangero Leewamika Kemanjo. Mama asked, "what happened to Dee?, I wanted to know. She's dead Wangero said. I couldn't bear it any longer, being named after the people who oppress me". The writer also examines how Maggie experiences a revelation or realization, considering how the story prepares th...