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Character Analysis: “Everyday Use” A Mother’s Decision Prompt· In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use,” the mother gives the family quilts to her younger daughter, Maggie, even though the older daughter, Dee who has never learned the meaning of the word no, demands the quilts for herself. Analyze the decision the mother makes and how she makes it. How does she view her daughters at the beginning of the story? How does that view change? What realization does she come to? What has the mother learned about herself? How has she changed? · Be sure that you have a strong thesis statement in your introduction, topic sentences and specific examples or quotations for each body paragraph, and a thought-provoking conclusion. Please use at least three quotations from the story in your essay and write at least two pages (typed, double spaced). Pre-writingIn order to prepare for
the essay, review your notes and think about why the mother makes the
decision to give the quilts to Maggie. How does the narrator view her
daughers? Make a list of the characteristics that the mother sees in
Due DatesPre-writing: Monday, October 8 |