Everyday Use By Alice Walker Analysis

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In the story “What is cultural identity” it states that it is “A broader term for people with multiple ethnic background my identify as belonging to the same culture”( ). This quote help enhance what people go through everyday life expressing their culture without being judged by other people in their. After reading several documents that all of the story fit all together in a certain way.

Everyone knows food contributes to everyone’s cultural identity in the the way it affects everyone's in ordinary life. From one source named “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, she explains Dee (wangero) the quote explains, “Wangero,went on through the chitlins, and cornbread, the greens,and everything else”(walker26). It show how Dee from “Everyday use” she uses food to express her own heritage and culture. Another possibility that everybody is affected by their culture with the way they eat in their culture. As one quote explains that “He didn’t eat the collards and pork was unclean”(walker24). It shows that senses he is from a different culture and religion he could not eat the same foods as them. Therefor this is why food plays an important part of your cultural identity. …show more content…

One quote from “Everyday Use”,is “the quilts were both made from scraps of dresses grandma dee had worn fifty and more years ago” (walker26). Which is the epitome of quote because it expresses that their ancestors would take old scraps of clothing and turn them into quits was a way they used to express their cultural identities which is a eccentric way of expressing your culture. Another quote to express cultural identity is “Dee wanted nice thing, a yellow organdy dress” (Walker26). She would wear the bright flaunty dresses because that is what her ancestors use to ware. Therefor this is why clothing is such a great way to express your cultural