Lesson4EverydayUse 2 AboutAliceWalkerandherworks AliceWalker 1944 poet novelistandessayist oneofthemostprominentwritersinAmericanliteratureandamostforcefulrepresentativeofwomen sliteratureandblackliterature 3 AboutAliceWalker ShewasbornintoapoorruralfamilyinGeorgia astheeighthchildofsharecropper交租耕种农parents Shegrewupinthemidstofviolentracismandpovertywhichinfluenceherlaterwritings WhenshewenttoSarahLawrenceCollegeinNewYorkonscholarshipsintheearly60 s thecivilrightsmovementwasinfullswing Shewasactivelyinvolvedinthemovement Shegraduatedin1965 havingtheBA 4 AboutAliceWalker Afterherjunioryearatthecollege shewonascholarshipasanexchangestudenttoUganda andKenya ThismostprobablyhelpedhertounderstandtheAfricanculture Afterexperiencingthepoliticalmovementshebecameateacherofcreativewritingandblackliterature lecturingatJacksonStateCollege YaleanduniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley 5 AboutAliceWalker Herworks TheThirdLifeofGrangeCopeland 1970 Meridian 1976 InLoveandTrouble StoriesofBlackWomen 1973 TheTempleofMyFamiliar 1989 TheColorPurple 1982 6 AboutAliceWalker AthemethroughoutWalker sworkisthepreservationofblackcultureor heritage andherwomencharactersforgeimportantlinkstomaintaincontinuityinbothpersonalrelationshipsandcommunities Walker swomencharactersdisplaystrength endurance andresourcefulness机敏inconfronting andovercoming oppression racismandsexism intheirlives Blackwomenarecalledthe muleoftheworld becausetheyhavebeenhandedtheburdensthateveryoneelserefusedtocarry AliceWalker I Background 1 AliceWalker sEarlyLifeDateofBirth February9 1944Birthplace Eatonton GeorgiaParents WillieLeeandMinnieLouGrantWalker whoweresharecroppersMarriage MelLeventhal aJewishCivilRightsactivist lawyerChild Rebeccabornin19692 Education 1961 1963Spelman acollegeforblackwomeninAtlanta1963 1965BAfromSarahLawrenceCollegeinNewYork oncetraveledtoAfricaasanexchangestudent I Background 3 Career1983receivedthePulitzerPrizeforTheColorPurple 1982 1984startedherownpublishingcompany WildTreesPress4 PointsofViewtheCivilRightsMovementtheWomen sMovementtheAnti apartheidMovement TheColorPurple BasedonAliceWalkersPulitzerPrize winningnovel TheColorPurpleistherichlytextured不平的 decades spanningstoryofCelie anuneducatedwomanlivingintheruralAmericansouth Forcedtomarryabrutalmanshecalls Mr CelieturnsinwardandshareshergriefonlywithGod Butsheistransformedbythefriendshipoftworemarkablewomen acquiringself worth andthestrengthtoforgive ThefilmlaunchedtheHollywoodcareersofWhoopiGoldbergandOprahWinfreyandgleaned拾11OscarnominationsincludingBestPicture II DiscourseAnalysis ElementsofNarrativeTime unknownVenue HomeCharacters I Maggie Dee Wangero Asalamalakim BigDee GrandmaDeePlot MaggieandIarereadytohaveDeebackTheRelationshipbetweenDeeandITheContrastbetweenDeeandMaggieTheClimax Grandma sQuiltsTheme TheHeirloom Quilts DisplayVSEverydayUse II DiscourseAnalysis StructurePara1 2 MaggieandIArewaitingforSomeoneImportantPara3 16 TheRelationshipamongDee Maggieand I I alarge big bonedwomanwithrough man workinghandsDee No isawordtheworldneverlearnedtosaytoherMaggie ahomely weakandshygirlPara17 82MeetingwithDeePara17 20DeecamewithhernewboyfriendandnewnamePara21 43TheName DeePara44 82TheArgumentonGrandma sQuilts Setting EverydayUse issetinthelate 60sorearly 70s ThiswasatimewhenAfrican Americanswerestrugglingtodefinetheirpersonalidentitiesinculturalterms Theterm Negro hadbeenrecentlyremovedfromthevocabulary andhadbeenreplacedwith Black Therewas BlackPower BlackNationalism and BlackPride ManyblackswantedtorediscovertheirAfricanroots andwerereadytorejectanddenytheirAmericanheritage whichwasfilledwithstoriesofpainandinjustice Setting In EverydayUse AliceWalkerarguesthatanAfrican AmericanisbothAfricanandAmerican andtodenytheAmericansideofone sheritageisdisrespectfulofone sancestorsand consequently harmfultoone sself SheusestheprincipalcharactersofMama Dee Wangero andMaggietoclarifythistheme Plot Atthefirst motherandMaggiearepreparingofreceivingDee theotherdaughteroftheheroine AndfromthepreparationtheymadewecanseethattherelationshipbetweenMotherandDeeisalienated疏远的 therelationshipbetweenthetwosistersisunfriendlyandtense Thentheauthormadesomedescriptionaboutthethreecharacters especiallyaboutmotherandDee ThenDeeandherboyfriend scome andshechangedhername andthereissomeinformationaboutherboyfriend AndatlastshepointoutthatshewantthequiltthatgrandmalefttoMaggieAtlastDeeleaveswithoutthequilt andwhensheleavebothmotherandMaggiefeelrelieved Theme In EverydayUse AliceWalkerrevealsaconflictbetweenamother Mrs Johnson andhertwodaughters TheauthoralsoshowsauniqueheritageofAfrican Americans ThecentralthemeofthestoryisthewayinwhichfamilymembersofthesameAfricanAmericanfamilyhonortheirheritage PointofView Inthisshortstory theauthorusesthefirstpersonpointofview Heremotheristhestoryteller andshemakesveryvividdescriptionofherselfandhertwodaughters DeeandMaggie Characterization Mamaisanuneducated yetpracticalcharacter Mamalovesandrespectsherancestors asisunderstoodinherdescriptionandtreatmentofthequilts Theyhadbee