In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the relationships between mother and child, black issues, and how women are depicted overall in these two stories by female African American authors. There are no sources cited in the bibliography.
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number of important topics in their literature. As women, these authors furthermore have much to say about womens issues as well. Therefore, it is interesting to analyze some
works of these women and understand just how they portray the female African American experience, and how they reveal the heartaches and struggles which are common to all of mankind.
Alice Walker and Zora Neale Hurston Everyday Use is a very powerful short story and addresses so many topics which
are of importance to African Americans. First, we see how the mother has struggled during the course of her life. She is a hearty woman, not one to
be dainty or helpless whatsoever. Her strength is without question and her stamina is remarkable. And so, this isnt the kind of woman who would necessarily be prone
to much reflection, and yet instead of directly witnessing this, Walker approaches the matter of lineage subtly and reservedly. The quilt becomes and analogy in this piece for something
much bigger, and that is the heritage of African Americans prior to their days as slaves. Its as if by putting the quilt together, the women in this story
are putting their own histories together, and finding out about who they really are. Mamas relationship with her two daughters is also
very interesting and highlights much about black attitudes as well as mother-daughter struggles. Mama has two daughters, and it is Dee with whom she feels the most resentment and
tension. Dee is "successful" now and quite apparently to all she acts and behaves as if she is better than her family and their humble roots. While she