140 likes | 262 Views
Everyday use. By Alice Walker. Question #1. What are your impressions of each character?. Question#2. How do you feel about Dee’s wanting nice things and leaving home?Explain. Question#3. Do you think that the narrator made the right choice at the end of the story? Explain. Question#4.
E N D
Everyday use By Alice Walker
Question #1 • What are your impressions of each character?
Question#2 • How do you feel about Dee’s wanting nice things and leaving home?Explain
Question#3 • Do you think that the narrator made the right choice at the end of the story? Explain
Question#4 • What dream does the narrator recall as she waits for Dee in the yard?
Question#5 • A) What objects does Dee ask to have? • B) What does she intend to do with each one?
Question#6 • What is Dee’s response when the narrator says that she has promised to give the quilts to Maggie?
Question#7 • A) What narrator’s remarks at the beginning of the story reveal about her relationship with each of her daughters? • B) How does her relationship with each one change during the course of the story?
Question#8 • A) what is ironic about Dee’s taking picture after picture of her family in front of the house? • B) what is ironic about her professed interest in he heritage?
Question#9 • A0 what do the quilts mean to Dee? • B) what do they mean to Maggie?
Question#10 • How well do you think the narrator understands her daughters? Explain
Question#11 • Do you think that it would have been possible for Dee to embrace her African heritage without rejecting her American heritage?
Question#12 • A) what heirlooms does your family treasure? • B) What makes them important?