Everyday Use Short Story

Connie focuses on herself and how she looks, rags on her sister and her appearance, and is in feuds with her family more often than not over petty things. Like most young teenagers Connie’s looks are very important, “She was fifteen and she had a quick nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people’s faces to make sure her own was all right.” (233). Connie constantly worrying about looks indicates that she cares about others opinions and what others to find looks appealing at all times. Many young girls believe they need to have the best looks in order to be accepted by their mothers and family and therefore Connie’s obsession over looks could have to do with the fact she feels if she is prettier than her sister, her mom may love her more and give her more attention. Connie focuses on her sister’s negatives to help herself be more appealing, “She [June] was a secretary in the same high school Connie attended, and if that wasn’t bad enough—with her in the same building—she was so plain and chunky and steady that Connie had to hear her praised all the time by her mother and her mother’s sister.” (233). Connie is clearly jealous of her older sister’s attention and therefore attacks her looks. Connie’s obsession with her looks and ragging on her sister tells us that she acts like a normal teenager at home, and this normality may help Connie in convincing that when she goes out she really does only do the normal teenager things they think she is

In this essay, I argue that the main theme of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is internal conflict. The main character, Connie, struggles with multiple internal conflicts throughout the short story. Some of these internal conflicts include a search for independence, internal judgment, and fantasy versus reality.

The teenage rebellion, which most of people experience during the puberty, always worsens the relationship between parents and children. Written by Joyce Carol Oates, the short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” describes the condition and consequence of a family whose child is rebellious. Through the characterization, plot, and dialogue, Oates successfully exhibits the thesis that Connie’s bad ending is the consequence of her parents’ attitude and actions.

In Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use" Mama is the narrator. She speaks of her family of two daughters Maggie and Dee. Through the eyes of two daughters, Dee and Maggie, who have chosen to live their lives in very different manners, the reader can choose which character to identify most with by judging what is really important in one’s life. Throughout the story three themes consistently show. These themes show that the family is separated by shame, knowledge, and pride.

In the short story called “Everyday Use,” by Alice Walker, the mother daughter conflict theme is portrayed throughout the whole story. The oldest daughter Dee constantly believes that she is better than the rest of the family causing a family feud about who gets the cherished quilt. Dee has always been on a pedestal over her family and she soon finds out that it is no longer the case. Once she finds this out conflict arises. The biggest conflict lies between Mama and Dee. This is clearly illustrated by Dee’s high standards, selfish behavior, and lack of knowledge about her family’s heritage.

Sometimes there is something you value but someone wants to use it. In “Everyday Use” there was a quilt that the other sister wants to use as a center piece and Maggie dose not want to give up. I have an old blanket that I used when i was little. My sis her had a child and they gave it to him house because he is three. In the story the sister wanted it and the mother told her no. In the end maggie said she can have it, and thats what i did to my nephew. So now he enjoys that blanket with a bottle of milk and i remember it, but I hold some feelings for it. I know he will enjoy it more than me and i gave it to him.

The character of Mama in the short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker endures through intense times and takes advantage of what she has. She is a lady that tells things how they are, only plain truth. She can be entertaining now and again and intense at others. She is self-portrayed as “a large, huge boned, women with rough, man-working

Mama begins with the words “I will wait for her in the yard that Maggie and I made so clean and wavy yesterday afternoon. A yard like this is more comfortable than most people know.” (Walker 268) Mama feels confident on the feeling of being in a large area waiting on the arrival of her daughter, but you can still hear the nervousness and anxiousness she has when she later starts to compare herself and Maggie to Dee while awaiting her arrival. These stories show us that no matter the space or the setting awaiting the arrival of a close family member will almost always generate the same feelings.

“Everyday use” by Alice Walker is a very realistic and captivating short story. The mother, Dee, and Maggie are a family of women that are full of disparity. The women are figuring things out about each other while the story continues to move onward. The story takes place in the Deep South in Georgia. Growth and change takes place throughout the entire short story. The mother finds out and realizes things about her daughters that are good and bad. She finds out who they truly are and their true colors are displayed in this story.

This short story "Everyday use" speaks about the life of two young ladies and their mother. They are a poor family that lived in old-fashioned life but Dee the bigger sister don'y like that life.

Authors of great stories often use good technical writing skills. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast two short stories: Where Are you going, Where Have You Been by Joyce Carol Oates and Hills Like White Elephants by Earnest Hemingway. The comparison and contrast will be done based on their use of plot, point of view and character development.

The teenage rebellion, which most of people experience during the puberty, always worsens the relationship between parents and children. Written by Joyce Carol Oates, the short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” describes the condition and consequence of a family whose child is rebellious. Through the characterization, plot, and dialogue, Oates successfully exhibits the thesis that Connie’s bad ending is the consequence of her parents’ attitude and actions.

The story “Everyday Use” is about An African american mom who lives with one of her two daughters.In this story mama is the main character. She is a very strong and loving mother. She has two daughter Dee and Maggie. They sometimes treat her with disrespect however she has unconditional love for them. Mama was only able to acquire

In “Everyday Use,” the reader understands that Mama’s feelings shift from feeling proud of her daughter to being distraught with her daughter’s

A Conflict is an argument or an unresolved fight or a disagreement. “Conflict is the essence of drama and all literary fiction requires drama to please the reader and to succeed as a story.” Conflict helps intense or make the story move at a faster pace and makes the reader never want to put the book down. The ting that makes the reader not want to put the