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Sometimes when people get away from their roots like Maggie did then they tend to change and the people that were close to them notice that they are different. This is a quote from when Dee came back and she changed her name. "No, Mama," she says. "Not Dee, Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo."

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Its human nature to change the way you act when your away from home. But sometimes people change too much. Dee was gone for six years living in almost paradise. When she comes back she was different than what she was when she left.

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It can be human nature to want to leave the past behind and live in the present, but others feel the need to find their heritage and sometimes dismiss the present.

"'You just don't understand,' she said, as Maggie and I came out to the car. "What don't I understand?' I wanted to know. 'Your heritage,' she said."

Wangero is trying to connect with her heritage but in the process she is leaving her family in the dust and ignoring the time they get together. Mama and Maggie are living their lives in the present and taking what they have but they are respecting their heritage but not being hung up on it.

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It's human nature to want something from your heritage that you can't always have. One example supporting this theme is, "But they're priceless!" she was saying now, furiously; for she has a temper. "Maggie would put them on the bed and in five years they'd be in rags. Less than that!" This quote supports our theme because it's showing how Dee wants the quilts (since they're her heritage) for decorating and believes that she can appreciate those more than Maggie would.

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It's human nature to want to find about your heritage and wants things from it even if you cant always have it. In the story Dee wanted the Quilts to hang up and remember but they were for maggie and even when Maggie said dee could have them. Mama still didn't want to give them to Dee. because she wont use them right and doesn't deserve them.

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It is human nature to be greedy and want everything from a family's  heritage because it is hard to understand the true meaning of priceless items.

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The theme of the story mentions how an individual comprehends their current life compared to the traditions of their people and culture. For example in the story it says, "'Maggie can't appreciate these quilts!' she said. 'She'd probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use.'"
This quote supports the theme for Everyday Use because it shows how Wangero thinks she has a better way of showing off her heritage, and the way Maggie would is completely wrong.

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The theme for "Everyday Use" is, It is in human nature to want to find your heritage and learn about it. in the story Dee wants the quilts but Mama said that she was going to give theme to maggie when she was going to get married. Mama was going to give the quilts to Maggie instead of Dee because Dee was just going to hang them. Maggie was going to use them for herself.

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The theme of the story is being greedy leads to unwanted causes. "Can I have these old quilts?' pg 161. In the story Dee asks mom for the quilts and she says she already promised them to maggie but that didn't stop Dee when she begged and yelled about how she should get them and did not consider anyone else's feelings.

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It's human nature to have the need to connect with your heritage. Dee shows this by wanting to take the butter churn and the quilts that were already promised to Maggie to be used daily. Dee wants to take them and use them as a trophy, or to be shown off which they weren't originally made for. Dee believes that her own mother and sister don't understand their own heritage or their family roots, but in reality it's the other way around. Dee only knows of her roots and her mom and sister understand it and respect it.

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It is human nature for someone to  want to get closer to there  heritage but its easy to go to far.

In the story dee (wangero) feels like she is entitled to something that she only wants for materialistic properties even though other people have already claimed.

When dee gets the first item she keeps trying to get more and more even though its not hers.

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The theme for "everyday use" by Alice Walker it's always human nature to want to get closer to your heritage but its very simple to forget why you really want something. The reasoning for the theme being heritage is because in the short story Dee wanted the quilts that their grandma made from hand, and all she wanted to do is hang them up and never use them. But Mama said no because they were for maggie and because Maggie would put them to good use. "but they're priceless!  she was saying now, furiously for she has a temper. Maggie would put them on the bed and in five years they'd be rags. less than that! She can always make some more I said Maggie knows how to quilt. Dee looked at me with hatred. You just will not understand. the point of these quilts, these quilts!" in the example it shows that Dee wants the quilts to just hangup because they are priceless, not because she wants them for memories but for show, Maggie would put them to good use, use them the way they are supposed to be used. Dee didn't deserved the quilts, she already took two other important artifacts that mama loved. But Mama stood up to her and said she couldn't have the quilts because you don't deserve them and they are for Maggie.