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Symbolism In Alice Walker's Everyday Use

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Everyday Use uses the setting to emphasize the difference between how Dee and her mother view the symbolic meaning of the yard, Maggie, and the quilts. By placing this story deep in the south, on a farm with expanses of open land all around, helps to convey the differences that exist between that setting and where Dee is assumed to be living (Dischinger, M. (2015). Dee’s mother views the yard as an extension of the house and what she loves about her life where she is. That seems to be evident with her thought as she says, “A yard like this is more comfortable than most people know. It is not just a yard.” ( Kirszner & Mandell, 2012). As she sits there waiting for Dee’s arrival, she thinks about the huge differences between mother and
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