People have things that they use on the daily basis, whether it is significant to their lives or not. In the short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker there are these quilts that are used in the family tradition and is significant to the characters. The quilts have been passed down from grandmother to mother. For example, in the short story it says, “Out came Wangero (Dee) with two quilts. They had been pieced by Grandma Dee and then Big Dee and me had hung them on the quilt frame on the front porch and quilted them.” (Walker, 5). Grandma Dee and Big Dee has now passed the tradition down to the mother and she know how to quilt and can show Dee and Maggie how to quilt; she can keep the family tradition going. The problem is that Dee wants