Title: “Everyday Use”
Setting
Mood
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Resolution
Flat/Round
In the rural south, around the 1950s
Fast paced when Dee is demanding all of the objects
When Mama and Maggie are waiting for Dee to arrive
When Dee starts to ask for all of the farm antiques
When Mama tells Dee that she could take some of the other quilts, but not the ones that Maggie had asked for
When Dee and Hakim-a-barber leave
Mama - round (hardworking, caring, hefty)
Dee - round (greedy, pretty, self-centered, most educated of the family)
Maggie - round (nice, hardworking, country, not selfish, educated but not very well)
Hakim-a-barber - flat (short and stocky, long hair, reserved, eats like a vegetarian)
Dynamic/Static Mama - dynamic (stood up to Dee at the end)
Dee – static (she is greedy throughout the entire story)
Maggie – static (remains shy and unselfish throughout the story)
Hakim-a-barber – static (does not intervene in the family disputes)
Direct/Indirect Mama – direct (pgs.117-last paragraph continued onto pg. 118)
Dee – some is direct (pgs. 118 –second column 1st paragraph continuing onto pg. 119) and some is indirect (greedy
when she asked for the objects)
Maggie – Direct
Hakim-a-barber – both direct (pg. 120-when he gets out of the car) and indirect (when they eat)
Narrator
First-person (Mama)
Tone
Very descriptive of the characters
Voice
Southern vocabulary
Irony
Dee expects to get everything but is thwarted by Mama
Symbolism
The quilts – everyday items that we take for granted