Everyday Use

My first reaction to the story was overall non appropriate comment at the eldest daughter'sbehavior toward her family. Also the first person point of view from the mother gives a bias view of the eldest daughter. If one thinks about it the elder daughter never had a chance to be seen as good by the way her mother describes her. She may not be a nice person anyway based on the evidence given from the text. But one could also look at her accomplishments and say she should be proud of getting out of the poverty. At the same time this is a look at how she treats her family. Dee thinks she is better and even goes as far to say that her own mother does not appreciate or understand her own heritage. But her mother understands her heritage more so from having been able to remember and know and love her ancestors by having met and grown up with them. Dee wants to hang these pieces of the heritage up to save and really "show off" but that is not the way of their family. They use what is being made because they appreciate their hard work.