Question

In at least 150 words, identify and describe the irony in Wangero's request to have the quilts that had been pieced by grandma Dee and Big Dee.

Answer 1

The irony in Wangero’s request to have the quilts that had been pieced by Grandma Dee and Big Dee in "Everyday Use" is the quilt had a cultural significance and Wangero wanted the quilt for decoration purposes. Wangero wants to show her educated guests that she is connected to her culture even though she doesn’t pride herself on her African heritage. The quilt is really about the bonding and the sisterhood African American women had while making the quilts in times of oppression and torture. Wangero’s sister, Maggie, wants the quilts for their purpose. She appreciates the culture and history behind the quilts. The main difference between the two sisters is that Wangero doesn’t appreciate her heritage while Maggie does. Wangero wants to have the quilts to hang in her home. Mama and Maggie want to use the quilts for their purpose, to use them in everyday life. If the quilts were given to Wangero then they would hang like a showpiece in a museum.

Answer 2

Dee Johnson trusts that a man's legacy has nothing to do with the family convention. In "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, Mama portrays the story concerning the visit of her girl who is returning home.

At the point when Dee lands with her beau, she has changed her dress as well as her name to Wangero. Shockingly, Mama grants all from her daughter. It is then Dee starts to get things to take away with her when Mama confronts her.

Concluding from this, Dee goes into Mama's room to scavenge through her chest and finds two carefully accumulated blankets. These are essential to Mama since she designed it with her mom. They included material from the time of the Civil War.

Dee tags on herself to the blankets. It is found that she means to utilize these things as a showcase to demonstrate her African legacy which is certainly not understandable from her side. Mom says "no" out of the blue to Dee. She discloses to Dee that the blankets belong to Maggie.

The incongruity originates from the error of Dee's understanding of the circumstance. She modifies her name given her by her grandma, but, still needs the blankets that her grandma made. She doesn't generally need them to utilize, yet to flaunt to other individuals as she claims it genuine and from a definite period of history.

Clearly, the Black American part of their lives is vital. Although, nothing could easily compare to the common family inheritance and ruins from the time passed.

After Mama declines to give the blankets to her, Dee discloses to Maggie that she needs to get everything in order and endeavor to comprehend her legacy. Maggie adores her home and mom, while we notice a lack of rationalism in the behavior of Dee in accordance with living under her family heritage.

In truth, it is Dee who does not understand the significance of the family heritage that the blankets and even her mom and sister speak of. This is the biggest encircling irony mentioned in the story.