Alice Walker's “Everyday Use” is the story of an African-American family facing moral issues regarding what is the true heritage and who deserves it. . Two sisters and two hand-sewn quilts become the focus of this short story. Walker paints us the most vivid depiction, through a third-person perspective, of family values ​​and how people from the same environment and upbringing can become different types of people. Like most families, there are dynamics of people involved, although all from the same environment. and teachings are ultimately an accumulation of personal experiences that shape us and define the way we perceive our existence. “Everyday Use” is a story of conflict between good and evil, as well as family values. Walkers narrator, “Mama,” struggles with her disrespectful daughter “Dee.” Although “Mama” worked hard like a man to send him to school, gratitude is never mentioned. “Clearly, Dee favors language over silence, as she demonstrates in her determination to educate herself and the importance she places on her name” (Tuten). Since "Dee" was no longer home and attending school in town, she had lost touch with her origins and had little respect for the family heritage. Maggie, having been burned in a house fire, has learned to love the refuge that only a family can provide. Being burned makes you like no one else, everywhere you go you feel eyes watching you. Since she had not left home and had time to learn the value of family, she considered quilts to be part of her heritage. Presenting the story from a third person perception and having the narration by the mother or "Mama" gives the story is of great relevance to the real situations that have...... in the middle paper......and how we perceive ideas about what writers are trying to get across. This story is a clear representation of family values ​​and true heritage. Works Cited DiYanni, , Robert. Walker, Alice. “Daily use.” Literature: reading fiction, poetry, theater and essays. 4th. New York: McGraw Hill, 1998. 408-413. Print.Hoel, Helga. “ “Personal Names and Inheritance: “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker. "2000." Trondheim Cathedral School, January 30, 2000. Web. March 1, 2014. Cowart, David. “Heritage and uprooting in Walker’s “everyday use.” » Studies in Short Fiction 33 (1996): 171-84. Tate, Claudia C. "'Everyday Use' by Alice Walker." African American Review 30.2 (1996): 308+. Literary Resource Center. Internet. February 2, 2014. Gruesser, John. "Walker's Everyday Use." L 'Explainer 61.3 (2003): 183+. Internet Literary Resource Center.. 2014.