Everyday Use by Alice Walker
“Everyday Use” by Alice Walker Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia. She was the last child of sharecroppers’ Willie Lee and Minnie Lou Grant Walker. When Alice was only eight, she lost sight of one of eyes due to one of her brother’s misuse of a BB gun. Walker was valedictorian of her class and received a “rehabilitation scholarship” which helps her get into Spelman, a college for black women. ... Alice Walker received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Sarah Lawrence College in 1965. ... Alice Walker participated in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960 and was still an activist in 1990. Alice made speeches for the women’s movement, the anti-apartheid movement, for the anti-nuclear movement, and against female genital mutilation. Alice Walker created her own publishing company, Wild Trees Press, in 1984. ... Walker received the Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for “The Color Purple”. ... Alice also received the Townsend Prize and a Lyndhurst prize. ... In the story “Everyday Use”, by Alice Walker talks of the different values of heritage between the mother and daughter of the story. ... “She probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use. ... 722) Dee thinks of the quilts as “priceless” objects that should be displayed but her mother thinks that the quilts should be put to good use not hung up to be displayed.