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Monday, August 11, 2014
Valuable????
In "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, we see a theme of value. What do you think makes something valuable? In the story, do Dee, Mama and Maggie have different senses of value? Explain. Decide what Alice Walker is saying through the story about value?(The deadline to post a response to the question is midnight, August 13, 2014.)
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Personally, I think that for something to be valuable, it must hold a special place in your heart. For instance, my sobriety and the strength it takes me to continue my path of sobriety is priceless to me where as to others, it's not understandable and means little to nothing. Value has more to do with perception and experience than people realize; for instance, in "Everyday Use," Dee thought that the family heirlooms were "priceless" but little did she recognize their actual value. Mama and Maggie had an actual understanding of the value of the objects though, for they were living the lives of their ancestors and those who had left those things behind; Dee wanted those objects for show, not for value. I think that Alice Walker and I have a very similar message--you cannot know the value of something without being placed in the position of needing that thing, or working for that thing, or even experiencing some of what has made the valued object valuable.
I think that if something is valuable to you, then it must be very important to you, and hold a place in your heart. Something can be made valuable by caring for an item. For example, Mama and Maggie knew that their grandma made the quilt by hand and it meant everything to her And for Dee to carelessly not understand that shows that Dee could care less about her family heritage. I think Alice is trying to say that everyone needs to not take everything for granted and learn the importance of value.
I think that something becomes valuable when it has a meaning to you. You can understand the story behind it, so it becomes really personal. In "Everyday Use", the quilts had a value for Mama and Maggie, because they knew they had been made by their grandma, by hand. But for Dee, the only value it has is to hang on a wall, only to show. Her ancestrals heritages have no meaning to her. Through this story, Alice Walker shows that everyone has a different meaning for value; for some people, it means price, showing off. For others, it means understanding everything that is behind the object.
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Personally, I think that for something to be valuable, it must hold a special place in your heart. For instance, my sobriety and the strength it takes me to continue my path of sobriety is priceless to me where as to others, it's not understandable and means little to nothing. Value has more to do with perception and experience than people realize; for instance, in "Everyday Use," Dee thought that the family heirlooms were "priceless" but little did she recognize their actual value. Mama and Maggie had an actual understanding of the value of the objects though, for they were living the lives of their ancestors and those who had left those things behind; Dee wanted those objects for show, not for value. I think that Alice Walker and I have a very similar message--you cannot know the value of something without being placed in the position of needing that thing, or working for that thing, or even experiencing some of what has made the valued object valuable.
I think that if something is valuable to you, then it must be very important to you, and hold a place in your heart. Something can be made valuable by caring for an item. For example, Mama and Maggie knew that their grandma made the quilt by hand and it meant everything to her And for Dee to carelessly not understand that shows that Dee could care less about her family heritage. I think Alice is trying to say that everyone needs to not take everything for granted and learn the importance of value.
I think that something becomes valuable when it has a meaning to you. You can understand the story behind it, so it becomes really personal. In "Everyday Use", the quilts had a value for Mama and Maggie, because they knew they had been made by their grandma, by hand. But for Dee, the only value it has is to hang on a wall, only to show. Her ancestrals heritages have no meaning to her. Through this story, Alice Walker shows that everyone has a different meaning for value; for some people, it means price, showing off. For others, it means understanding everything that is behind the object.
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