https://padlet.com/p0170309/g3mzbknf05co ENG3U en-us 2018-02-13 15:23:57 UTC 2021-05-19 16:49:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/p0170309/g3mzbknf05co/wish/231086458 As an individual begins a period of culture exploration, they may glamourize certain cultural aspects and view them rather as a decoration or fashion statement, rather than a established way of life developed by their people.

- Dee/Wangero: "Maggie can't appreciate these quilts!" she said. "She might be backward enough to put them to everyday use" (Walker 5).
- Dee/Wangero: "I can use the chute top as a centrepiece...and I'll think of something artistic to do with the dasher" (Walker 5).
- Mama: "I didn't want to bring up how I had offered Dee a quilt when she went away to college. Then, she had told they were old-fashioned and out of style" (Walker 5).

Works Cited:
Walker, Alice. Everyday Use. 1973.]]> 2018-02-13 15:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/p0170309/g3mzbknf05co/wish/231086458 https://padlet.com/p0170309/g3mzbknf05co/wish/231086861 Our thematic statement is: Long standing family heritage is quickly dissolved by radical new customs brought forth by catalysts of education, change and modernization.

 "You ought to try to make something of yourself, too, Maggie. It's really a new day for us. But from the way you and Mama still live you'd never know it." Walker, Alice . Everyday Use. 1973.

“I counnt bear it any longer, being named after the people who opress me” Walker, Alice . Everyday Use. 1973.

"Maggie can't appreciate these quilts!" she said. "She'd probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use." Walker, Alice . Everyday Use. 1973.

]]> 2018-02-13 15:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/p0170309/g3mzbknf05co/wish/231086861 https://padlet.com/p0170309/g3mzbknf05co/wish/231089035 Heritage struggles to thrive when it is displaced from its place of origin.
"Wangero said. "I couldn't bear it any longer, being named after the people who oppress me"" (Walker 3).
"I didn't want to bring up how I had offered Dee (Wangero) a quilt when she went away to college. Then she had told they were old~fashioned, out of style" (Walker 5).
""Your heritage," she said, And then she turned to Maggie, kissed her, and said, "You ought to try to make something of yourself, too, Maggie. It's really a new day for us. But from the way you and Mama still live you'd never know it"" (Walker 6).
Works Cited
Walker, Alice. Everyday Use. 1973.

]]> 2018-02-13 15:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/p0170309/g3mzbknf05co/wish/231089035 https://padlet.com/p0170309/g3mzbknf05co/wish/231098613 One's immediate scope of reality builds up one's identity and their understanding of their place in the world, such that changes in reality produce conflicts in identity.

"But that is a mistake. I know even before I wake up. Who ever knew a Johnson with a quick tongue? Who can even imagine me looking a strange white man in the eye? It seems to me I have talked to them always with one foot raised in flight, with my head fumed in whichever way is farthest from them." (Walker 1).

"But that was before we raised money...to send her to Augusta to school. She used to read to us without pity; forcing words, lies, other folks' habits, whole lives upon us two, sitting trapped and ignorant underneath her voice. She washed us in a river of make believe..." (Walker 2).

""Your heritage"... "You ought to try to make something of yourself, too, Maggie. It's really a new day for us. But from the way you and Mama still live you'd never know it."" (Walker 6).

Works Cited

Walker, Alice. Everyday Use. 1973.


]]> 2018-02-13 15:49:00 UTC https://padlet.com/p0170309/g3mzbknf05co/wish/231098613 https://padlet.com/p0170309/g3mzbknf05co/wish/231348277 Heritage is often best understood through the exploration of the reasoning and importance of traditions, no amount of study or imitation can truly develop one’s appreciation of their respective culture.

"She used to read to us without pity; forcing words, lies, other folks’ habits, whole lives upon us two, sitting trapped and ignorant underneath her voice. She washed us in a river of make-believe, burned us with a lot of knowledge we didn’t necessarily need to know. "
(Walker, 2)

"I can use the churn top as a centerpiece for the alcove table," [Dee] said, sliding a plate over the churn, "and I'll think of something artistic to do with the dasher."
(Walker, 5)
 
"[Dee] stoops down quickly and lines up picture after picture of me sitting there in front of the house with Maggie cowering behind me. She never takes a shot without making sure the house is included. When a cow comes nibbling around the edge of the yard she snaps it and me and Maggie and the house."
(Walker, 6)

Works Cited

Walker, Alice. Everyday Use. 1973.]]> 2018-02-14 01:52:11 UTC https://padlet.com/p0170309/g3mzbknf05co/wish/231348277 shahelvira96 https://padlet.com/p0170309/g3mzbknf05co/wish/231350447 The contrast between each generation’s understanding of culture and heritage is, often, influenced by opportunities made available to them through the extent of their education.
“Maggie can’t appreciate these quilts!”, she said. She’d probably be backward enough to put them to everyday use. …”Well, I said, stumped. “What would you do with them? “Hang them”, she said” (Walker 5).
"I didn't want to bring up how I had offered Dee a quilt when she went away to college. Then, she had told they were old-fashioned and out of style" (Walker 5).
“I never had an education myself. After second grade the school was closed down. Don’t ask my why: in 1927 colored asked fewer questions than they do now. Sometimes Maggie reads to me ” (Walker, 2).]]> 2018-02-14 02:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/p0170309/g3mzbknf05co/wish/231350447