In 30 words or fewer, make a short list of 8 to 10 objects in Alice Walker's "Everyday Use" that are symbols.

1. Eye contact

2. Quilts

3. The house

4. Dee

5. Maggie

6. The yard (Mama's yard)

7. Mama

8. The bench

Explanation:

1. Eye contact: This speaks about how the characters in "Everyday Use" interact or create some level of powers.

2. Quilts: This is owned by the family and was sewn by Maggie and Dee's grandmother. It became the something the family started struggling to inherit.

3. The house: It simply shows the family's heritage and the comfort they derive. Also, it shows the trauma developed in that histroy.

4. Dee: He symbolizes success, lack of remembrance and carebof the history of the ancestors.

5. Maggie: Represents respect and passion for the past.

6. The yard: This represents a private place that is void of regrets and shortcomings that are seen in Mama's life.

7. Mama: She represents a symbol of living history.

8. The bench: It represents an heritage for Dee.

"Everyday Use" is short story by Alice Walker. It tells about the differences of Mrs. Johnson and her daughter Maggie who still held on to traditional black culture found in the South and her educated daughter, Dee who finds a new identity.

climax

after following, but not really , the young hunter on his search for the heron, sylvia slips out of bed alone in the middle of the night to find the heron for herself. perched at the top of a gigantic pine tree, sylvia spots the heron, and its nest, in a dead hemlock tree across the way. the following morning she returns home to find her grandmother and the hunter waiting for her at the door. in the moment when she plans to tell the hunter where to find the heron, she suddenly decides to protect the heron and remain silent; even the promise of much needed money does not sway her.

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