Character Analysis Of Maggie In Everyday Use By Alice Walker

In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, a family of three women stand in their lawn watching smoke tumble out from where their windows used to be and study their shingles as they disintegrate. The youngest woman, Maggie, has the most traumatic experience of the three: she was caught in the fire and was severely burned and scarred. The image of her daughter suffering was burned into her mind. The mother was affected by this and also by how her other daughter, Dee, reacted to this. Dee was content with her house being burnt down. She never liked the house or what it symbolized to her: race and heritage. Their lives are all struck in different ways that will now affect them for the rest of their lives. Maggie is not only scarred physically, but also