I chose "Everyday Use" to talk about because I felt that I could understand Dee's point of view the most out of all three stories. She reminds me of myself in a way. My sister is a hair dresser and so she never went away to college or anything like that. She never got the experience to be out on her own. Maggie seems similar to my sister. My mother seems the same way. She has never lived out of New Jersey and only moved forty minutes from where she grew up to start her family. I feel as though they always have the same routines that they go about and the same beliefs that they always had.
Going to college made me feel as though I was experiencing life on my own, going out and experiencing other cultures. I feel like Dee when she went out and meet a guy and learned about his culture and religion. Here I am at Stockton, seeing people from all walks of life, learning about subjects I have never learned before. When I go back home I feel changed, enlightened. When Dee comes home I believe she feels the same way. She feels like she gained something from being away from home. One might call this a sense of rebellion but I see it as an educational experience.
Dee still held unto that quilt. Yes, maybe Dee was going to hang up the quilt but that is only because she was proud of it. She felt as though everyone should pass by and observe the quilt's family history. I still embrace the values I was born and raised with. I am still respectful but now that I am out of my own I am growing. Dee grew in "Everyday Use." She held unto the quilt while still growing. I take the values I was taught as a child and bring them with me as I grow and experience new things.
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