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Alice Walkers "Everyday Use" creates a picture that seems relavent even now. When a poor family with few opportunities for upward mobility have children that have a chance (granted from money collected from a church congregation) at education, what results can often be a clash of worlds and expectations. A prime example of this is how Dee and Maggie view the quilts, where Dee would showcase and use tag quilt as a center piece, drawing from and adding to its rich history with what she now deems valuable, Maggie would use and possibly continue the tradition of the quilt, adding to it and making her own. I myself dont think about how when something is removed and preserved that is removed from use. It make be shared and seen but it will no longer serve its intended purpose, in the case of the quilt to help comfort and warm a loved one, but now instead it will be a talking point. We see a theme of this through the story, the idea of recreating oneself and ones ...
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