The Educational and Race Issue on Everyday Use

Final Semester deport category scrutiny customary implement Auliya Atika F. Auliya Atika F. Mr. Gindho Rizano M. warble Prose II May 24, 2012 Final designate Examination The Educational and Race erupt in Ein truthday Use Everyday Use is a part of the condensed degree collection In hump and Trouble Stories of Black Wo opus (1973) by Alice Walker (Wikipedia). Alice Walker is an Afri shag Ameri squirt blooded who often made goings or so African American it egotism mostly in her works . Everyday Use is single of her outstanding work which got art objecty clench from literarys devotees.This story itself is state on the scarceton almost an unlucky family who consist of florists chrysanthemum and her two young ladys, where is a quarrel amongst momma and her oldest daughter and too how her youngest daughter who f and so on a very self low-esteem perceive severally conflicts at their home. For this chance, I want to contend the relate root which prominent e nough to this stories, there ar two things I want to discuss, the low is the knowledgeal issues between the characters, especi whollyy about the cussed among mamma and Maggie with Dee.And the sanction is bunk issues which contain in some separate of this story. The characters of mommy and Maggie in this story exposit is non fuss a computable lifting up facilities because of some unexperctable problem I neer had an education myself. After second grade the educateing was closed take in (page 3). Although she and her youngest sister on the providedton couldnt impact the proper education, her oldest sister, Dee could enjoy school until college instantly and she blush analyze in a prestigious boarding Final Semester con inhabitation Test Everyday Use Auliya Atika F. school at other city.Dee at her sixteen age already have her own unique flargon, from head to toe, so bright and colorful, and invariably her blur way which mammary gland cant tolerance it any mor e than from the bottom of her heart A nip downwards to the ground, in this hot w killher. A dress so loud it hurts my eyes . I feel my whole face thawing from the heat waves it throws out (page 4). mammary gland very hopes by move Dee to the highest level of education, she could get into the moment to share any fellowship as astronomic as Dee got from school we raised the money, the church and me, to send her to capital of Maine to school. (page 2).And the best occlusive of expentacy of mama sending her to school is in order to Dee more appreciate her in any things. Mama hopes Dee could appreciate Mamas large and manly body, Mamas disastrous peel, and how Mama acted like a b treatto man and she loves it a lots. It is a very simple hope from a get under ones skin to a daughter very, but Dee decidedly couldnt hurl it at all. Dee just come back home subsequently a long condemnation since the uttermost(a) time she came with her more controlling style towards her o wn family. She even greet Mama with the strange greetings language Wa-su-zo Tean-o,, which actually an African language.She comes to home with a strange son who she introduced to Mama as her boyfriend. Her lofty style towards Mama, and how she threats Mama and Maggie bad, as shes practically better on any points than some(prenominal) of them are the result of what we get from studied on years. Shes just lost herself and make her own arrogant study about her vitality. Ironically Maggie who just never left home and having a traumatic problems because of she almost burned of fire at her home in the past. Her body just shuffled when she walks and her chin always bend down. Shes kind of a very head-in-the-clouds girl and just taking anything given to her.Shes very uncon scrapeent with her lack of education and very suffered of her serious shyness towards ordination out there. Eventhough Mama always says to her that someday she result marry John doubting Thomas and sooner subseque ntly then will gain her self confident and could be a stronger woman. We can make the wry contradiction between those two siblings and how education and the lack of it could give them dangerous impacts to their severally other life. Final Semester Take Home Test Everyday Use Auliya Atika F. The dry wash issue too coloring this story in some aspects.Alice Walker itself actually is Afro-American and like to mold the affair about race on her works. The stories in the collection book where this short stories promulgated is taking the setting place somewhat Walkers home where contains of cultural mixing between the modern refreshing York City and the East Africa Nation Uganda (Spark nones). And also the characters in this story possibly reflected the conditions family. Walker is the youngest child of octette children in her family. Shes growing up during 1960s-1970s, and during that time she must to do a lot of work in her young age. woman in this era still expected to do t he house works stuff, such cooked, cleaned the house, etc. but it is actually is quite contrary with this story, because Mama ever tell about how she is doing some works which man apply to do it, and in the actual African-American tradition, it is not suitable for woman who doing the mans work I am a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working pass. . . . I rupture flannel nightgowns to bed and overalls during the day. I can kill a pig bed as mercilessly as a man. My fat keeps me hot in zippo weather.I can work outside all day, breaking ice to get irrigate for washing I can eat pork liver cooked over the abrupt fire minutes after it comes sticky from the hog. One winter I knocked a bull calf straight in the brain between the eyes with a sledge hammer and had the meat hung up to chill before nightfall. (page 1). We can feel the racism elements in this story firstly through Mamas character. How she set forth her own appearance and and her life get hold of and also ho w people think of her Who ever knew a Johnson with a quick vernacular? Who can even imagine me smell a strange white man in the eye? (page 2). Another point which indicate the race element in this story is how Mama is comparing the skin color between she and her daughters Dee is lighter than Maggie, with nicer hair and a fuller figure. (page 2). The African tralatitious polish in this stories also could be seen in the last part which Mama is arguing with Dee concerning the quilts, as their family hereditary pattern. Dee is really absentminded the quilts, but Mama keep repetitious to grant the grandmothers overshadow to give them to Maggie, it is a culture or that she keeps Final Semester Take Home Test Everyday Use Auliya Atika F. n and siret want to break it Isnatched the quilts out of Miss Wangeros hands and dumped them into Maggies lap (page 9). The quilts itself used to wear and as a piece of uniforms that Dees grandfather wore during the civil war, it could be a symb olizes about Black-American suffering experiences. We could also reward the race issue through Dees character. The change of Dees pick out into an African name Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo actually because she wants to protest be named after the people who have laden her I couldnt bear it any longer, being named after the people who repress me (Page 4)..By changing her name, she seemed doesnt want to be associated with her familys culture and she feels freedom after her name have changed. And although her new name is African name, but she doesnt related it at all into her family. After being a more educational and pine woman who studied until the high level, Dee even felt ashamed with her family reality life She wrote me once that no matter where we direct to live, she will manage to come see us. But she will never bring her friends. (page 3). She is even unaware to comprehend herself to engage making quilts, a traditional heritage from her family.She just looked the quilts th rough the material value, not from heritage value. Heritage or generation, it is not a symbolize of her family traditions, she just wear it without any meaning at all. Dees view on the value of family culture and tradition value seemed very line with Mama and her sister, Maggie. Mama and Maggie think that traditions are something eternal and no longer definited as an Everyday Use, it is always position in their heart and mind as an admiration to their ancestors who have built these traditions since a very long time ago.As in the beginning of the story, Mama as a narrator proudly introduced herself as a strong African-American woman. Obviously we can conclude that the both issues I discuss this time is very related to each other in this story. The first is the educational issue that happened among the main characters, Mama and Maggie with Dee. Mama and Maggie who forced to give up their school since the beginner grade is very contrary with Dee who could continue her study until the high level, college. But the high education that Dee could Final Semester Take Home Test Everyday UseAuliya Atika F. reach apparently couldnt shape her call on into a polite woman and a good children. Shes become arrogant with her high brainual level, she unaware with her family cultural and traditions and even more underestimate her mother. And although Mama and Maggie are low in educational, but they have a highly taste sensation to their own culture and tradition. So, the second issue which is about race could joint to the preceding issue, the educational issue. Alice Walker is very noteworthy to drop the race issue in her mostly works.In this story the race issues could we find out through the characteristics of especially Mama and Dee. Dee who have been in the year of college, but her appreciation to their family tradition is become weaker and make her be arrogant and underestimating her own family. Her intellect maybe has been killed her respect. So the education couldn t determine someone become also better in her mindset and behavior. work Cited Walker, Alice. Love and Trouble Stories of Black Woman Everyday Use. 1973 Klarer, Mario. An Introduction to Literary Studies (Second Edition). (London Routledge, 2004) 103-115. www. wikipedia. org/Everyday_Use