... made her work even more interesting with this use of cultural versatility. In the story "Everyday Use" by author Alice Walker there are many uses of culture. The cultural application in this short story is not just from the time it is written, but ... States of America. A variety of culture is also used when the narrator's daughter, Dee (Wangero), comes home. "Wa-su-zo-Tean-o," and, "Asalamalakim," (Walker 638) are greetings in Swahili and Arabic. This transition in culture shows Dee's process of assimilation. This effect of Wangero is from the cause of meeting Hakim-a-barber. ... her m...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the novel Beloved, written by Toni Morrison and in "Looking for Zora" by Alice Walker, both of the communities in the stories had many similarities. In Toni Morrison's novel, the main character is Sethe, an ex-slave who lives with her daughter, Denver and boyfriend ... about her history, her too reacts like the town with disgust and confusion. He doesn't understand how she could commit such a horrible crime, and leaves her because of it. In Alice Walker's essay, "Looking for Zora", she tells a story about a woman who lived in a small, mostly African-American town. She is a very well educa...

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• Grade Level: High School

... : in 1927 colored asked fewer questions than they do now."" The same idea as in Cathedral is weaved throughout Alice Walker's piece entitled Everyday Use. In letting a rural black woman with little education tell a story that affirms the value of her heritage, Walker articulates what has since become two central themes in her writing: the importance of the quilt in her work and ... 's hands and dumped them into Maggie's lap."" When Mrs. Johnson snatches her ancestors' quilts from her daughter Dee, who wants to hang them on a wall, and gives them to Maggie, Walker illuminates her life-long...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate