Part one of term paper
In Alice Walker’s “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens” and in “Everyday Use,” the author’s different stories of heritage demonstrate the conflicting ideas of how to honor one’s heritage, even though there are various ways discussed to honor heritage all are correct. In “Everyday Use,” the narrator discusses her heritage t ...

Part two of term paper
... “Everyday Use” there are two conflicting ideas about how to honor one’s heritage as exemplified by Dee on the one hand and Maggie on the other. The first idea is from Dee’s point of view. She believes that heritage is something that is physical. When Dee (Wangero) and Hakim-a-barber came to dinner at her mother’s house Dee wanted specific thing that had been in her family for years. She wanted part of the butter churn and the butter dish from her grandmother. She thought that t ...