Walker's Experience: A Fictional Narrative

“Why would you trust her knowing what she did to Travin who still has not fully recovered?” She appeared quite annoyed by her addition to their party.

“Listen, this isn’t helping the situation. We need to come together and figure out a lead,” explained Alecia.

“We tried. But she seems to know an awful lot about you. Says her name it Tabitha Couture.”

Alice Walker's short fictional story, "Nineteen Fifty-five", revolves around the encounters among Gracie Mae Still, the narrator, and Traynor, the "Emperor of Rock and Roll." Traynor as a young prospective singer purchases a song from Mrs. Still, which becomes his "first hit record" and makes him rich and famous. Yet, he does not "even understand" the song and spends his entire life trying to figure out "what the song means." The song he sings seems as fictional as certain events in this story, but as historical as Traynor's based character, Elvis Presley.

        Logan cleared his throat, he had a feeling he was going to get beaten to a pulp by this Zack character. “Okay... well, my name is Logan Baker. I’ve been traveling the world trying to find others like

Walker tells a story of a young African American woman from Mississippi who is about to escape poverty and disgrace by marrying a man she barely knows, a Muslim from the North. Roselily has three children already when she marry 's her husband. Walker describes her as a woman with respect and compassion. This analysis will talk about Roselily during her poverty times, her marriage, and how she came to understand the changes in her life. Roselily did not understand a lot of things, however as time passed, she developed into a beautiful woman who came from poverty, and moved out of poverty by making some strong and powerful decisions. Decisions that made her life a better one. Throughout Roselily, Alice Walker uses mood, time and place in the setting to craft her story eloquently and effectively. This analysis will analyze the setting and the theme.

It was a very hot day in the middle of August, one that was so oppressively humid that the air felt like a blanket, which was why Lillie Everette, momentarily confused, awoke because she remembered kicking the sheets off her bed in the middle of the night. She yawned, then got dressed excitedly. She needed get ready for the Hide and Seek game that was starting soon. She had promised her friends that she wouldn’t sleep through this one like she had for the last game. She was about to run through her front door when she hears her parents talking.

In Alice Walker's "Everyday Use” she creates a conflict between characters. Walker describes a family as they anxiously await the arrival of, Dee, the older sister of the family. When Dee (Wangero) comes home to visit Mrs. Johnson and Maggie, right away the readers see the differences in the family by how they talk, act, and dress. Dee has changed her name to an "African" name and is collecting the objects and materials of her past. Dee thinks that since she is in college she knows mores then the rest of her uneducated family. She is more educated and looks down on the simple life of her mother and sister. When Dee asks for a beautiful family heirloom quilt to hang on her wall, Mrs. Johnson finally denies her of this task. Mrs. Johnson finally sees that Dee does not want the quilt for the same purpose as Maggie does. Instead, Mrs. Johnson will give Maggie the quilt to keep her and her husband warm. The theme of the importance of heritage becomes clear at this point of the story. This theme is shown by Walker's use of conflict, irony, and symbolism. All throughout her short story she incorporates heritage. She describes it as a background feeling between family members, and African heritage to heirlooms that have been in the family line for generations. Dee the older sister takes her heritage for granted by only wanting her heirlooms for her educational purposes.

The air felt ten degrees colder than it should as she shivered under the covers. Was the black entity back? She prayed not. Paralyzing terror had her lying motionless with her eyes closed as she strained to hear the slightest noise.

In “Everyday Use” Alice Walker presents a story about a family awaiting the return of their beloved daughter and sister. The mother, Ms. Johnson, is a strong lady who endured trials and tribulations that shaped her into the hardworking person she has become. In “A Worn Path” the grandmother, Phoenix Jackson, is an elderly lady who puts her problems on the back burner. but the love for her grandson outweighs everything as she embarks on a journey to retrieve what his medicine. The main characters in both stories each have their own hindrance to conquer.

Amara moaned as he rubbed his own stomach. "Don't mention food. Look, you can still see his foot twitching."

Kat frowned listening to him retreat. "Well fuck. Guess we better go make sure he isnt gonna kill us in our sleep." She was just getting out of the tub, sore as hell. Tying her mahogany hair up in a ponytail she heard him call up about visitors. "Damn" She opened the door and with her dog at heel, teeth hated he walked down the stairs with her. Kat looked best up, bruises all up her arms, her throat, even on on her jaw. Her torso was bruised and her ribs were likely bruised or broken. She saw the Walkers outside just as she saw the man. "Maybe we can just wait them out. They dont know we're here." She murmured. She knew she didn't have a chance to outrun them in her current state. She hadnt eaten or drank in over a day."

The chorus describes, “But lately her face seems Slowly Sinking, wasting crumbling like pastries” (Lines 11-13). The use of drugs have consequences, her lost of appetite could have caused her to lose unhealthy amounts of weight. The singer uses a simile to compare the look of her face to the way some pastries fall apart after taking a bite of them. The results of her problem go further than just her appearance, her body is trying to communicate that her actions are damaging her well-being. Clearly, the lifestyle she follows is not what she wished her life to be but she now depends on this illegal

The characters from Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” all portray multiple different qualities that make their characters who they are. The character who portrays more qualities than any other character is Dee (Wangero). Dee portrays three prominent qualities that her character needs in order for the story to be the way it is. Those qualities are being, flashy, greedy, and spoiled. Dee shows these qualities through the way that she dresses and acts. The first quality that she portrays is that she is spoiled. She shows this by getting everything that she wants handed to her, up until when her mother denies her the quilts that she wants to take. The second quality that she shows is that she is flashy, she shows this by wearing fancy clothing such

Lucas sighs, “You’re right, even the weakest Demon will be able to kill us when we are like this. Fine, we'll go back to the house. But don’t forget about Ava.”