Women In Literature Final: "Everyday
Use" And Mama Day Questions And
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What is Dee wearing? What does this present? - ANSWER✔✔Bright colors and a
lot of gold jewelry; she wants attention
What does the mother show through her habits such as pig carving? -
ANSWER✔✔She is tough and not limited by femininity
What does the control of a woman's hair represent? - ANSWER✔✔The control of
her
Setting of "Everyday Use" - ANSWER✔✔1960s rural Georgia
What does Dee do throughout the story that documents her life? -
ANSWER✔✔takes pictures
What language does Dee say good morning in? - ANSWER✔✔Ugandian
What are the things that Dee wants? What does she want to do with them? -
ANSWER✔✔butter-churner lid, bench, quilt; decorate
What does Dee specifically want to do with the quilt? - ANSWER✔✔Hang it on
the wall
What does Dee speaking Ugandian and wanting to decorate with her family's quilts
represent? - ANSWER✔✔the appropriation of her own culture
In contrast to Dee, what will Maggie do with the quilts? - ANSWER✔✔put them
to everyday use
What are the themes of "Everyday Use?" - ANSWER✔✔race, family,
custom/tradition, home
, What is ironic about Dee wanting the quilts now? - ANSWER✔✔She was offered
them when she was younger but turned them down
What is the difference between Dee and Maggie's desire for the quilts? -
ANSWER✔✔Maggie is connected to the quilts but Dee just wants them for the
idea of them or the economic commodity/value.
What is symbolic of Dee putting on sunglasses at the end? - ANSWER✔✔It shows
how she cannot see or doesn't want to
What is one of the messages behind "Everyday Use" - ANSWER✔✔value what
you have and your real family and life instead of appropriating someone else's.
What are the women known for in Gee's Bend? - ANSWER✔✔making quilts like
art, selling them to help their community
What did Martin Luther King Jr. do for the women in Gee's Bend? -
ANSWER✔✔Made them a building for their quilting
What was a negative thing people did with the quilts sold from Gee's Bend? -
ANSWER✔✔Bought them and resold them for a higher value, causing economic
inflation and cultural appropriation
What is similar between Gee's Bend and Willow Springs? - ANSWER✔✔Both
places are desired for their land to become a tourist attraction; both have fictional
stories with a real background.
Author of Mama Day - ANSWER✔✔Gloria Naylor
Who are some of the narrators in Mama Day? - ANSWER✔✔George, Cocoa,
Mama Day, omniscient third person
What year did Sapphira kill Bascombe Wade? - ANSWER✔✔1823
What is ironic about the character Sapphira Wade? - ANSWER✔✔she paved the
way for the other females in the story and is a strong character but is not actually in
the story
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