A Lesson About Family: Alice Walker's "Everyday Use"

A Lesson About Family Many sociologists define the term values as cultural types of standards by which people measure goodness and beauty. These values also serve as broad guidelines for social living and human interaction. For the most part, values are different for different cultures. However, there are many universal traits that cultures share. For example, most world cultures have some form of music. They have services for marriage and services for death. These examples …

…believe that she just gives up on her family. After all, in her mind, she is the better person because she has the education. As for Mama and Maggie, they just sit in the "yard" and dip snuff until it is time for bed, happy with themselves and still proud of the family and the history they represent. The purpose of this essay was to discuss overall theme of Alice Walker's short story, "Everyday Use".