Everyday use homework

1.Write five adjectives that you would use to describe Dee. Then write five adjectives to describe the narrator and five to describe Maggie.
Dee: elegant, persistent, arrogant, selfish, and willful
Narrator: uneducated, traditional, independent and large.
Maggie: insecure, small, timid, conforming and shy
2. What is the significance of the title "Everyday Use"?
“Everyday Use” is important because it shows that heritage isn’t the things that one owns from one’s family heritage but instead they are useful stuff that is used in life. "Everyday Use" are the little everyday things in life. All the stuff that Dee wanted to take were items that were used in the narrator's house, she decides to use items relating to her culture as embellishment rather than objects of respect and honor.
3. What do you think is the purpose of Dee's visit with her mother and sister? Explain.
The purpose of Dee's visit is to show how times have changed and to take some of her family’s belongings to use them as decoration in her home showing her own culture and to show them she is fine.
What do you think the narrator realizes about herself during her argument with Dee over the quilts?
I think the narrator slowly realizes that after all these years, she has been bullied by her daughter. She realizes her daughters are doing just fine the way they are. Her life has always been that way and there is no reason to change it because someone else has a different opinion. She realizes that she often forgets that Maggie has a right to everything as well.
5. How does cultural heritage play a part in the interactions between Dee and her family?Because she married a guy from another place, her attitude of life has changed. And she has become more self-centered and different from her other family members