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Everyday Use Dontrell Whitfield Analysis

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Jaleah-Pink Without culture we as a community will not have a sense of touch with our identity.Culture brings us life and ways how we see the world in our view. Culture is based on everything you were taught and lived through when you was growing up examples are like playing sports, being respectful to others, being taught from what is right and what is wrong. Culture impacts our lives in many ways and in different circumstances. I strongly agree that culture will be a part of everyone 's lives for generations. (Dontrell Whitfield) In “Everyday Use” the two sisters are arguing over the quilts and what the use of them is for. The character Dee feels that the quilts are not for everyday use. “You will just not understand

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