Embroidery Mystery

Sapphire tells the reader her mother taught her how to knit: “My mama say she done teach me how to sew and make lace…” (Ingersoll pg 14). Sapphire and her mother are slaves, so in order for Sapphire to work in the main house, her mother has to teach her this skill. Children learning skills from their parents is very common. Karin, a young German girl, explains the clothing she made with her mother, referred to as Mutti, and how her mother taught her too.

“the quilts are the central symbol of the story representing the connectedness of history and intergenerational tries of the family” (“everyday use”). This means that the quilts mean heritage and remind the daughters of grand mom dee. The quilts are fought over at the end of the story because of the meaning of them. One daughter wants them for everyday use and one wants them just to have them because it means heritage to her. The mother at the end of the story agrees that they should be used for everyday use.

Christine Kerr states “The mother narrator reminisces how Dee always “wanted nice things” even as a tennager.” Throughout Everyday Use, Dee shows a pattern of wanting things, such as her heritage to be shown. This is why Dee changes her last name. Christine Kerr demonstrates how Dee has more than one perspective on things within her family. For example, Dee wants the quilts not just because she thinks her mother and sister don't use them properly, but because she wants to show her heritage, and to own something nicer and maybe has more

The author also reveals Maggie through her mother's eyes and how she already was going to give Maggie the quilts. While the mom was talking to Dee she fortifies that ,"I promised to give them quilts to Maggie"(Walker 64). This depicts how the mother grasps the fact that Maggie is particularly familiar with the family's heritage and culture that surrounds the meaning of the quilt. The mother believes Maggie recognizes the quilt's importance to the family by it symbolizing the family's heritage and the pride and memories it

These quilts are described as being made from swatches of clothes once worn or owned by at least a century’s worth of ancestors, making the worth of them in Mama and Maggies’ eyes exponential. Dee only wants them to be admired at face value not for the true use. Just as she cannot understand the legacy of her name, passed along through four generations, she does not understand the significance of the quilts. Dee only sees the value of the hand stitching and material used. Mama had promised the quilts to Maggie, and Maggie's reaction to the news that Dee wants them shows that Maggie has an emotional attachment to them as well.

Ruth constantly demands that they play by her rules. She decides when and how Kathy should ride the horse since Ruth, according to herself, obviously has a superior knowledge when it comes down to horses. Ruth 's crave for control and search for self-affirmation pretty much dominates her whole life. Another example is when Ruth starts to imitate the veteran couple Chrissie and Rodney at the cottages, satisfying her needs to fit in even though it has a negative effect on hers and Tommy 's relationship. Kathy even indicates that the old

Shirley Jackson a very popular author well known for her short story called “The lottery” which always leaves the reader thinking. “The Lottery” was published on June 28, 1948 which is just weeks after it was written. Some other pieces written by Jackson are “The Haunting of Hill House”, “We have always lived in the castle” as well as “Life among the savages”. Jackson tends to write about horror and mystery and has many other pieces with supernatural themes. Many pieces written by Jackson have a small-town setting that end with horror.

Jackie Ivie is an American writer from Salt Lake City in Utah. The second child among five siblings, she was always the life of the party entertaining her sisters and brother with invented stories escapades and games. She is mostly known for the Vampire Assassin League, and Knights series of novels. She mainly writes in either the paranormal or contemporary romance genres. From a young age, Jackie Ivie treasured books and would consume literature on almost any subject.

So there are two different meaning of heritage because The two sister has a very different attitude toward their heritage. However, the truer one is Maggie’s concept of heritage because it means for her more than a shown popular fashion “things“ it means to love and connection to memories and people. “ Heritage is defined as something that is or can be inherited; such as in culture, tradition, or it can be something of importance” (dictionary.com). In Alice Walker 's short story, "Everyday Use", Dee has recently discovered her heritage, so she returns home with the goal of getting some of her mother’s possessions to put it to her new apartment in the college including the “quilt”. Dee wants to take the quilt that her mother has promised to her sister Maggie.

Furthermore, her eagerness to read highly impacted her later writing career. Welty expresses her passion for books by utilizing rhetorical devices such as imagery, analogy, and characterization in her short story. In the first scene, Welty starts by characterizing Mrs. Calloway as the obstacle that she had to overcome to read. The librarian has a “dragon eye”, which characterizes her as a menacing and unwelcoming figure that guards its treasure.

Anna is pleased with her final project and looks forward to wearing it to weddings, school vocal concerts and church

I think her unique ideas came from the jobs that she had before actually becoming noticed from her art pieces. She used to sell prom dresses and they usually have many beads and designs to them. Lou took the ideas from prom dresses and took it when creating her art. Lou contribution to the Art world is that she has brought a new type contemporary art by bringing in material such as beads and using to make objects we use and see every day. Lou and her most notable works was called the Continuous Mile which was to employ many people in order to engage in the community and build home in the process of making her art work.

Although women’s rights were evolving, Anne was still expected to perform the duties of an ideal housewife. Between the years of 1611 and 1612, the concept of women preachers came about. Anne felt very inspired by these women and this spirit had a part in influencing her to be the women she turned out to be. The Hutchinsons were highly influenced by the Puritan beliefs and they became followers of the Puritans, they attended the services of John Cotton in Lincolnshire.

She was the most powerful witch to have ever practiced in the city. She and a man, Alvin ”Boots” Toups, a man who shared similar interests of magic, were soon married after they first met. Now married, Mary and her friends decided to start looking into witchcraft. This circle of friends became known as Oneida’s “Scribes”. They would meet every Friday night to discuss witchcraft, practice rituals and magical workings, to share spells and increase their overall knowledge through sharing.

Athena was also the goddess of arts and crafts and was an very talented weaver. She shared her knowledge of weaving to many mortals. She had great pride in her own work of art but was happy to watch her pupils master weaving. Achene was one of them. People from all around would come to her small hut to watch her take thin strands of wool and weave them into stunning tapestries that glistened with golds and silvers and the prized scarlet.