Re-Evaluation Of Dee In Alice Walker's 'Everyday Use' By Susan Farrell
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In the essay “Flight Vs. Flight: A Re-evaluation of Dee in Alice Walker’s ‘Everyday Use’” by Susan Farrell, Farrell interprets Alice Walker’s short story, “Everyday Use” from her point of view. Farrell’s main point in her essay is to explain the story differently from the simple idea majority of the readers perceived the story. “I will argue that this popular view is far too simple a reading of this story.” Farrell went in depth about how readers only visualized the story from the Mama point of view. Farrel’s central thesis is Dee was characterized from a point of view that was only negative, but didn’t explain from Dee’s side. Farrell supported her thesis eminently and had a legit argument. “Elsewhere, as well, we see that Mama is often