English UE assignment.
Pls answer all questions and use MLA format. Due in 24 hours. No Plagiarism. Read Alice Walkers “Everyday Use which you can find from the Internet
ENG 122 UE Assignment
Read Alice Walkers “Everyday Use” and answer the questions below that are geared toward helping you
understand her narrative point of view and purpose. Offer specific support from the text. You are
encouraged to complete a first draft of the assignment then revise your work.
Submit the assignment to the Chalk & Wire link no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This
assignment is linked to Turnitin.)
1. What do you know about the mother of the story?
2. When we have a first-person narrator, we have to decide if she is reliable or unreliable. Do you trust
this narrator? Why or why not?
3. What assumptions does the narrator have about her daughters? Do you agree? Why?
4. How would the story be different if it were told from Dee/Wangeros perspective?
5. Mama and Dee/Wangero have different ideas about personal development. What are they? What are
the consequences of their differences?
6. Based on your answers to all of the above, offer your opinion of Mamas decision to give the quilt to
Maggie.
7. How does Walker define heritage?
8. What is Walkers purpose? What is the central problem she is addressing?
9. What is the theme of Everyday Use?
