《外婆的日常用品》中人物分析.doc

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》中人物分析 Title： An Analysis on Characters in Everyday Use 专 业： 英语（师范） _ An Analysis on Characters in Everyday Use Abstract: Everyday Use from the collection in love and trouble published in 1973 was written during the heyday of the Black Power movement. Everyday use tells readers the different attitudes of three persons in a family to Africa-American heritage. The portrayal of the characters in the novel is very distinct and vivid. They are Mom, and her two daughters, Dee and Maggie. Through the plots, themes and style of this novel, Alice Walker reveals the different and fresh character of that era. This thesis includes three persons aiming to give a comprehensive analysis of the protagonist. Key words: Alice Walker Everyday Use Mom Dee Maggie Introduction ?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 1970 is 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 her boyfriend. The other daughter, Maggie, still lives with her mother. Maggie is slow, disfigured and simple-minded in contrast to Dee, who is clever, beautiful but arrogant type of woman. For the quilt, the mother has left for Maggie?as wedding present. She refuses to give Dee the quilt to hang it in the room because she cannot fully understand the value of the h