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A 5 page research paper that examines the way that Walker uses the character of Dee to make some profound statements on what it means to be African-American. The writer argues that this short story contrasts Dee's faddish 'Afrocentricism' against the very real, nurturing values of her mother and sister. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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woman?she has assumed an African name, African dress, and thrown off everything that smacked of white oppression. Dee professes to appreciate her
roots and her heritage, while simultaneously making it clear that she believes that her mother and sister are incapable of doing so. Through the use of metaphor and language, Walker
expertly reveals the shallowness that underlies Dees ostentatious behavior. In so doing, she reveals an underlying irony in Dees quest for identity, which is that in seeking her African heritage
and proclaiming its superiority, she has neglected her very real heritage as American of African descent. The story is quite simple. The narrator, Dees mother, and her sister Maggie
are waiting rather anxiously for a visit from Dee. Dees mother muses about the past and, in doing so, reveals a great deal about Dee and herself. While most children
long for acceptance in their parents eyes, Dees mother, Mrs. Johnson, has always secretly longed for acceptance from her glamour daughter. Mrs. Johnson seems mystified by this daughter who "had
a sense of style" from such an early age. From Mrs. Johnsons memories, it is clear that Dee has always regarded herself as better then her family and has been
divorcing herself from them for quite sometime. When Dee arrives she is decked out in bright African clothing?"A dress so loud it
hurts my eyes...yellows and oranges enough to throw back the light of the sun" (Walker evertext.htm). The outfit includes a copious amount of jewelry and a hairstyle that has lizards
dangling behind her ears (Walker evertext.htm). She greets her mother and sister in a foreign?one assumes African?tongue, and readily informs them that "Dee" no longer exists. She is now "Wangero
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