Alice Walker Everyday Use Analysis

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I chose Alice Walker’s “Everyday use”. To me the scene that most represents the antagonist of this story, Dee, is when she gets the camera out of her car and takes pictures of her mama, frightened sister and the house, and when a cow comes back she makes sure the cow is also included, but always includes Maggie, mama and the house.
This scene shows Dee not taking her families feelings in consideration, not even asking to take the pictures, but also it shows her gathering “proof” of the subjection of her people. Her people being her race and not her family. The story is coming from mama and so we watch as her daughter is photographing her and while her mother may not be educated, she’s no fool. Mama knows that Dee looks down on the life