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“Everyday Use” In “Everyday Use,” Alice Walker navigates the cultural gap between a mother and her two daughters. It is a story which depicts life from two perspectives, but seen through one set of eyes. One daughter stems life from tragedy, seeing the world for what it is, and welcomes each of life’s challenges with cautious acceptance; meanwhile, the oldest daughter abhors anything standing in the way of what she feels she is expected. The mother has to maintain a position in the middle of the two, although, Maggie is clearly more dependent than her sister is toward their mother. Maggie, the younger of the two sisters, was badly burned when the house they used to live in caught fire. The mother describes that horrible evening: “Sometimes I can still hear the flames and feel Maggie's arms sticking to me, her hair smoking and her dre