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Studying elements of fiction in “Every Day Use” by Alice Walker. Alice Malsenior Walker, an African-American writer, was born on February 9, 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia, the eight and youngest child of Minnie Tallulah Grant Walker and Willie Lee Walker. Her parents were poor sharecroppers but tried to help their children to improve. At the age of eight, Alice received a facial scar that caused her to become solitary and timid. In her solitude, she discovered the …

…was doing an excellent job at school, but when the problem with the quilts began she was very upset with Dee’s selfish, egoistical nature (White 5). For me this story represents a very nice thought that I would remember, because the way that Maggie reacts when her sister wanted to take the quilts was simply a very good answer because we really don’t need anything that symbolizes our nature cause it is in us.