Cultural Conflict in "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker Identifying with one’s culture is a vital part of everyone’s life. Alice Walker addresses this issue in “Everyday Use”. Through careful descriptions of the characters and setting in her story, Walker confronts the question of what the true value is of one’s heritage and culture. In the conflict between Dee and her mother, Walker shows that one’s culture and heritage is not represented …showed first 75 words of 873 total…

…showed last 75 words of 873 total…foreign tongue, bright dresses or different hair. One’s culture and heritage is not something to be adopted just for the sake of a trend, to be used as conveniently as one would wear clothing. Culture and heritage are taught, from one generation to the next, not suddenly picked up like an antique found in a pawnshop. A person who truly understands their heritage and culture makes use of it every day of their life.