《外婆日用家当》中人物分析.docx

邯郸学院外国语学院School of Foreign Languages of Handan College英美小说选读学期小论文论文题目：《外婆的日常用品》中主题分析Title： An Analysis Theme of Everyday Use of Your Grandma专业：英语（师范） _An Analysis Theme of Everyday Use of Your GrandmaAbstract: Alice Walker, the first black woman winner of Pulitzer Prize for Literature,was born in 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia, best known as the author of The Color Purple. In the 1960s, Walker actively participates in the activities of humanism for the black, struggling for the equality of the race. Her works are known for their portrayals of the African American’s life. She depicts vividly the sexism, racism and poverty that make the life often a struggle. In Everyday Use, the author has successfully shaped the representatives of traditional culture. Through describes the mother and daughters as representatives of modern image to express the characters how to understand and inherit ancestral quilt begin plot, reflecting the racial issue arising from family conflicts, and expressing important themes: the significance of tradition culture of traditions inherited a deep understanding of their cultural content, rather than floating on the surface, a mere formality.Key words: tradition heritage educationIntroduction?In Everyday Use, Alice Walker argues that an African-American is both African and American,and denies the American side of ones heritage is disrespectful of ones ancestors and consequently harmful to ones self. Alice Walker is the eighth child of sharecropper parents, and grows up in the midst of violent racism and poverty, which influences her later writings.She uses the principal characters of Mama, Dee(Wangero)and Maggie to clarify the themes.Everyday setting around the year 1970is a story about a poor black mother and her two daughters and Maggie.Dee, the elder daughter, goes to a college in the north, and visits her home one day and brings herboyfriend.The other daughter, Maggie,still lives with her mother. Maggie is slow, disfigured and s