Conflicting Values in the Story "Everyday Use"

The story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker is a story that shows how members of the same family can have extreme conflicting values. The story has three main characters, Dee, Maggie, and Mama. In the story, the term ‘everyday use’ is what illustrates the characters’ different personalities. The term is very important because the story is centered on the things that the characters have and how they use them everyday. The term means something different to each of the characters. Maggie and Mama live together and they are a lot alike in their values and the way that they appreciate the things that they have. Dee on the other hand is very different from both her mother and her sister. The story also shows how society can play a role in the characters’ values.
In the story “Everyday use” Mama, who is the mother of Dee and Maggie, is a very simple but hardworking woman. She is the provider for the family, she does all of the work outside and she slaughters the animals to eat. ...