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Everybody Use By Alice Walker Analysis

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Culture is one the most important factors that represents where a person comes from.In eveyday Use by Alice Walker this story characteres not only the symblolism of cultere and heritage,but also separetes the differnce betwwen what culture relly means and what it may portrayed as.Throughout the story it tells the tail of a Aferican americcan family living in a small house and not being sincaily scaured.Dee is well educated woman who finds it hard to understand her familys culture becuse shes embarread of her momther and sister maggie.Dee’s mother and sister have a low education and dont understanf and appreciare their familys background.
People can have different point of views on situtions and in the story Everybody Use by Alice Walker this

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