Everyday Use by Alice Walker

I loved the story. The mother is very strong and confident and content with herself, I love that. Maggie isn't the brightest or greatest by appearance but her she is true and real and has her own smart about her. Dee doesn't have much depth in my opinion. She is materialistic and book smart and apparently easy on the eyes but she doesn't have much heart. Although she thinks she does she does not know the beauty of her grandmother and aunts quilts. She accuses her mother of not knowing her heritage but by her attitude i'd argue to say she doesn't know hers.

A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

First, I liked the fact the story contained a lot of detail and imagery, although I found that made it challenging to seperate sceneary from symbolism. The "granny" Phoenix Jackson is a very stong woman who has a strong since of self, yet is "old" and suffers from things that average old people suffer from such as memory lost and sliping away into their mind. She was most likely born and raised and has lived in the same area all her life, being she was coutning on her feet to know there own way into town. I believe the man in the story to be a typical "man not of color" during "back in the day" times. I was a little bothered by the way he spoke to "granny" but being she wasn't I say she was either around during enslavement or had immediate family who was. Overall I enjoyed reading the story.

A Good Man is Hard to Find

Overall I found the story to be hard to read, yet, I was anxious to find out where the story was going. My initial thaughts of what the story would be about was off by a lot. i think the gradmother died last because of the same things the family didnt like about her. i thaught the meaning behind the misfits name was very interesting. i found the murders sad and still wonder why they were killed inthe order that they were.