Symbolism is a technique that the author uses to bring out the main importance of an object, but more accentuated details are extracted when using it. Alice Walker uses quilts, for example, to symbolize a “woman bond” (Spark Notes), a relationship between women, which would be passed down from generation to generation. In this story, symbolism plays an important role which makes this story more attractive. the reader's eyes. Characters such as: Mama Johnson, Dee, and Maggie all symbolize a multitude of different things that happened and/or took place in the 1950s and 1960s. The characters and quilt are combined even if you, as that reader, can't see it. The patches intertwine with the characters and everything fits together like a puzzle and contributes its own role in the quilt. The quilt will be generated in sections in which each character has a patch and their own story. For a better understanding, a brief summary will be provided and it will be classified in chronological order. The summary is that of a mother who had two daughters; one was burned, but only scarred, in a house fire during the civil rights movement and the other always had the benefit of spa treatment, excellent education to always get that that his eyes and his needs desire. Dee, the more sophisticated one, decided to visit her mother and sister after some time away at college; she returned without wanting to spend time with them, but only to take with her some objects of daily use as "works of art", as she calls them. Little did Dee know that every thing she wanted to own as a work of art was passed down from Mama Johnson's generation to Maggie's generation and her Garcia4 generation as a representation of...... middle of paper ......basically to open and understand the symbolism. Works Cited Eshbaugh, Ruth. “A Literary Analysis of Alice Walker’s Short Story ‘EverydayUse’.” YAHOO! VOICE. YAHOO, Inc., August 21, 2008. Web. March 17, 2014. Researchomatic Publishers. “Alice Walker’s ‘Everyday Use’ Themes and Symbols.” Researchomatics. N. p., May 2011. Web. March 17, 2014. Velazquez, Juan R. “Characterization and Symbolism in Alice Walker’s “EverydayUse.” » Lone star. N. p., nd Web. March 17, 2014. Walker, Alice. “Daily use.” Heritage of American literature. Ed. James E. Miller. Flight. 2. Austin: Harcourt Brace Jovanivich, 1991. 714. Print. White, David. “‘Everyday Use’: Defining African American Heritage.” » Luminarium. Anniina Jokinen, September 19, 2002. Web. March 17, 2014. Writing editors' work. “Symbolism in Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use.” » WriteWork.Np, May 2006. Web. March 17 2014.