QEP Assignmen tRead Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use”, writing homework help

 QEP
Assignment

Read
Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” and answer the questions below that are
geared toward helping you understand her narrative point of view and purpose.
Offer specific support from the text. You are encouraged to complete a first
draft of the assignment then revise your work.

Submit
the assignment to the Dropbox no later
than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (The Dropbox is linked to Turnitin.)

1. What
   do you know about the mother of the story?

1. When
   we have a first-person narrator, we have to decide if she is reliable or
   unreliable. Do you trust this narrator? Why or why not?

1. What
   assumptions does the narrator have about her daughters? Do you agree? Why?

1. How
   would the story be different if it were told from Dee/Wangero’s perspective?

1. Mama
   and Dee/Wangero have different ideas about personal development. What are they?
   What are the consequences of their differences?

1. Based
   on your answers to all of the above, offer your opinion of Mama’s decision to
   give the quilt to Maggie.

1. How
   does Walker define heritage?

1. What
   is Walker’s purpose? What is the central problem she is addressing?

1. What
   is the theme of “Everyday Use?”