The Educational and Race Issue on Everyday Use

Final Semester care Home canvass effortless Use Auliya Atika F. Auliya Atika F. Mr. Gindho Rizano M. Hum Prose II May 24, 2012 Final Task mental test The Educational and Race Issue in normal Use commonplace Use is a parting of the short yarn collection In Love and Trouble Stories of Black Wo homo (1973) by Alice perambulator (Wikipedia). Alice pushchair is an Afri croupe Ameri hind end blooded who often made issues ab appear African American itself broadly speaking in her works . E preciseday Use is unmatched of her outstanding work which got many appreciation from literarys devotees.This story itself is telling about an unlucky family who consist of milliampere and her two girls, where is a quarrel among mammy and her oldest daughter and similarly how her youngest daughter who sw solelyow a very self low-esteem perceive any conflicts at their home. For this chance, I want to demonstrate the related topic which prominent enough to this stories, there are two th ings I want to discuss, the first of all is the educational issues in the midst of the characters, especi on the wholey about the contrary among mummy and Maggie with Dee.And the sulphur is campaign issues which chase away in some parts of this story. The characters of momma and Maggie in this story depict is non get a good education facilities because of some unexperctable job I n invariably had an education myself. After second grade the crack lessons was closed down (p epoch 3). Although she and her youngest sister precisely couldnt reach the fuckly education, her oldest sister, Dee could enjoy school until college now and she regular(a) studied in a prestigious boarding Final Semester Take Home Test Everyday Use Auliya Atika F. school at otherwise city.Dee at her sixteen age already have her own unique style, from head to toe, so promising and colour inful, and ever her hairstyle which mama cant tolerance it anymore from the get across of her heart A dress down to the ground, in this hot weather. A dress so loud it hurts my eyes . I feel my upstanding face warming from the heat waves it throws out (page 4). Mama actually hopes by publiciseing Dee to the highest level of education, she could get into the moment to share any experience as large as Dee got from school we raised the money, the church and me, to send her to Augusta to school. (page 2).And the best point of expentacy of Mama sending her to school is in order to Dee more send word her in any things. Mama hopes Dee could appreciate Mamas large and manly body, Mamas grubby skin, and how Mama acted like a fast(a) man and she loves it a lots. It is a very simple hope from a mother to a daughter actually, solely Dee definitely couldnt make it at all. Dee entirely have sex back home after a long time since the experience time she came with her more arrogant style towards her own family. She even approach Mama with the strange greetings language Wa-su-zo Tean-o,, which a ctually an African language.She comes to home with a strange boy who she introduced to Mama as her boyfriend. Her lofty style towards Mama, and how she threats Mama and Maggie bad, as shes much transgress on any points than twain of them are the result of what we get from studied on years. Shes dear alienated herself and make her own arrogant cogitation about her disembodied spirit. ironically Maggie who just never left home and having a traumatic problems because of she most 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 nervous girl and just taking anything obligaten to her.Shes very unconfindent with her lack of education and very suffered of her serious shyness towards society out there. Eventhough Mama always says to her that someday she will marry John doubting Thomas and sooner after then will gain her self positive(p) and could be a stronger woman. We can see the ironic contradiction between those two siblings and how education and the lack of it could give them dangerous impacts to their each other life. Final Semester Take Home Test Everyday Use Auliya Atika F. The flow issue also coloring this story in some aspects.Alice pedestrian itself actually is African-American and like to mold the topic about travel rapidly on her works. The stories in the collection book where this short stories published is taking the setting place around carts home where contains of ethnic mixing between the modern New York City and the East Africa tribe Uganda (Sparknotes). And also the characters in this story possibly reflected the authors family. Walker is the youngest child of eight children in her family. Shes growing up during 1960s-1970s, and during that time she mustiness to do a lot of work in her young age. charr in this era still expected to do the house works stuff, such cooked, cleaned the house, etc. But it is actually is quite different with this story, beca use Mama ever tell about how she is doing some works which man used 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 hands. . . . I wear flannel nightgowns to bed and overalls during the day. I can dash off a hog as mercilessly as a man. My plank keeps me hot in zero weather.I can work outside all day, reaching ice to get water for washing I can eat pork liver cooked over the open fire proceedings after it comes steaming from the hog. One winter I knocked a pig bed 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 celebrate the racism elements in this story firstly through Mamas character. How she described her own appearance and and her life background and also how quite a little think of her Who ever k stark naked a Johnson with a quick tongue? Who can even imagine me looking a strange clean-living 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 culture in this stories also could be seen in the last part which Mama is arguing with Dee concerning the quilts, as their family heritage. Dee is really wanting the quilts, but Mama keep insistent to grant the grandmothers command 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 dont want to break it Isnatched the quilts out of Miss Wangeros hands and dumped them into Maggies roundabout (page 9). The quilts itself used to wear and as a piece of uniforms that Dees grandad wore during the civil war, it could be a symbolizes about Black-American suffering experiences. We could also observe the race issue through Dees character. The ch ange of Dees plant into an African name Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo actually because she wants to protest being named after the people who have oppressed her I couldnt bear it any longer, being named after the people who oppress 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 smart 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 choose to live, she will manage to come see us. But she will never bring her friends. (page 3). She is even unsuspecting to comprehend herself to learn making quilts, a traditional heritage from her family.She just looked the quilts through the material valuate, 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 contrast with Mama and her sister, Maggie. Mama and Maggie think that traditions are something eonian and no longer definited as an Everyday Use, it is always plant in their heart and mind as an admiration to their ancestors who have construct 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 inhabit her study until the high level, college. But the high education that Dee could Final Semester Take Home Test Everyday UseAu liya Atika F. reach apparently couldnt cast of characters her bring about into a polite woman and a good children. Shes become arrogant with her high intellectual 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 appreciation to their own culture and tradition. So, the second issue which is about race could joint to the previous issue, the educational issue. Alice Walker is very famous 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 couldnt determine someone become also better in her mindset and behavior. Works 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