Everyday Use

THEME
This story highlights the importance of heritage because for every family around in the world is quite important to have one and we need to appreciate that as well. Dee’s family is from Africa or they are from black heritage and the family heirlooms such as customs, ancestors and history are of great importance for her too. For every person is very significant for her/his family and that person wants to inherit his/her customs and habits from generation to generation or over time. However, in the story says Dee thinks that her heritage is like dead or actually false. She rejects her culture and heritage because she wants a new one, in fact she does not understand her own heritage.

Mama tries to send her in a good school and it reflects how education is quite important for heritage because education was denied for Mama, also she faced a lot of situations such as racism and problems with her school when she was a child and Dee has the chance to study. On the other hand that chance produced several issues among her relatives despite the fact education is very useful in life but for her it is a thing that she cannot find out herself.

CHARACTERS

Dee: Obviously she is a black girl and she is very colorful in order to represent her culture. She is beautiful and smart but kind of disappointed to accept her heritage.

Mama: A very strict mother and she is kind of old and fat. I think she is wise she thinks that she knows everything in life but she does not at least she does not get her daughter.

My family's treasures

This is our house in Nicoya, Guanacaste, this picture was taken so many time ago and we started to build it little by little now it is different and more beautiful for us. We really love to spend time there all vacations we go in order to have fun with relatives and friends

This is a treasure from my dad are his trophies when he was an athlete but it becomes our treasure as well, actually I recall when he told us about his competencies in Costa Rica and in some countries even he was famous in that time. And we have more trophies for all over the house.

Our final but the most valuable treasure is ourselves we have the treasure of family. We can support and love each other. Family is quite important for human beings when we need supporting and we know that they are never going to let us down and they want the best thing for us as well.

All my family together in the welcome party for my cousin, his wife and son who arrived from Germany