I thought Everyday Use by Alice Walker was a good short story. It had a good story development and backstory. The story was set in the late 1960s. The main character had little education, with here mom dropping out of school in 2nd grade and she not finishing all Twelve years of school. The main character also had a sister, which was very different from her. The character choice was very unique, the main character and her mom are not very educated, while the main character’s sister is very educated. The main character and her sister are complete opposites. There are also a few spelling mistakes, such as “dur.ing” and “soft.seated“. All the mistakes are with periods, so I wonder if these “mistakes” were made on purpose.
The end of the story was very interesting; The main character and her mom are kind of happy to see Dee, the educated sister of the main character, leave their house. My sister is graduating high school next year, I think I will miss her when she goes to college. I guess the reason the main character is happy to see Dee leave is that she might be not close to Dee and they are very different.