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Running head: “EVERYDAY USE” STORY OUTLINE 

“EVERYDAY USE” STORY OUTLINE 

“Everyday Use” Story Outline

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Thesis: Irony as a literary device is used in the short story “Everyday Use” Alice Walker to demonstrate how heritage serves as part of our daily life. 

Analysis: The weight of the title "Everyday Use" and the impact of the story's depiction of a little girl's short visit rely on the irony that originates from the sisters' varying expected use for the quilts. The quilts are generally crucial to Mama and Maggie, not as objects to be held tight on the wall and viewed as people craftsmanship, however as the practical family unit things, they are.

Topic Sentence 1: Despite Dee’s supposed education, it is ironically expressed by Maggie’s ability to quilt, which connect to the heritage Dee’s is attempting to emulate.  

Quotes: “No doubt when Dee sees it, she will want to tear it down.” 

Topic Sentence 2: The irony is likewise found in Mama seeing through Dee's shallow motive processes in attempting to gather these curios from an earlier time. Mother acknowledges Dee has no evident enthusiasm for their heritage just in this current trend. Her name change is ironic because she states the difference is because of the abuse associated with Dee. Yet, it is instead her efforts to leave a greater amount of her heritage considerably behind.

Quotes: “She knows she is not bright. Like good looks and money, quickness passed her by.”

Topic Sentence 3: Irony is seen when Dee calls her mom and sister ignorant of their culture while she is the person who has overlooked what's really important

Quotes: “You just will not understand. The point is these quilts, these quilts.”

Conclusion: Alice Walker's short story is set in when the world was moving quicker than at any time in the recent past towards what's to come. Set to such a fast pace, it was anything but difficult to overlook or disregard the heritage behind each person. In "Everyday Use" Walker delineates the silliness of not valuing the actual value of culture through the ironic collaborations between Mama, Maggie, and Dee.

References 

Christian, B. T. (1994). Alice Walker:" Everyday Use. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP.