In Alice Walker’s short story, “Everyday Use” tells about a poor family living in a ran down house. In the family, was a mother and two daughters all three having different views of heritage. Mama is a simple woman who can appear to be a country woman shows that heritage is done by living and doing simple things in life, Maggie is the shy passive sister that is similar to Mama in her simple …showed first 75 words of 889 total…

…showed last 75 words of 889 total…has sown that understanding and using what is past down from generation to generation is the present form of understanding heritage in its entirety. Through the few items that Mama using in her everyday life she has the ability to identify with her foremothers. Her heritage is of a content, simple and practical was of life where culture and heritage are valued for its usefulness as well as it is personal value. College 1302 GRADE: A-