Short Story: "Everyday Use"

The protagonist in this short story, Everyday Use, is Maggie and the mother, which is the narrator of this story. The antagonist is Dee or Wangero. One internal conflict between Maggie and Wangero is that Maggie feels envious towards Wangero because of her fair appearance in comparison to Maggie’s appearance, which she obtained from the burns in a house fire. An external conflict is if Maggie or Wangero should acquire Grandma Dee’s quilt. This story is told in first person, which is told from the view of Maggie and Wangero’s mother. Everyday Use is set in around middle 1900s in a home...