Identity In Alice Walker's Everyday Use

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Dee has finally showed up. Maggie attempts to go back into the house, but Mama doesn’t let her. Dee is wearing a long flowy bright yellow and orange color dress. With her outfit being loud, she has on many bracelets. Dee is with a short man with long hair and a beard, he looks very foreign. He says “Asalamalakim!” and tries to acknowledge Maggie but she doesn’t acknowledge him. When Mama tries to call Dee by her name, Dee corrects her and informed her that her name has been changed to “Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo,” denying of the name she only sees as her being named after her ancestors. Mama doesn’t understand why she would change her name when Mama named her after her only sister Dicie. Dee is also Mama’s mother’s name, and has been brought