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This 6 page paper looks at the thematic connection between illusion and reality in three works: "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker; "The Sandbox" by Edward Albee; and "Barbie Doll." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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dont always have time to do. This paper looks at the thematic connection between illusion and reality in three works: "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker; "The Sandbox" by Edward Albee;
and "Barbie Doll." Discussion "Everyday Use" is a short story by Alice Walker. Walker is black, and her story tells of two sisters, Maggie and Dee. Maggie is still
at home with their mother, but Dee has moved on, and become successful. When she returns home for a visit, the distance between the family members becomes apparent, as does
the fact that Dee has dedicated herself to the struggle for civil rights. She has changed her name: "Well, I say. Dee. No, Mama, she says. "Not Dee," Wangero Leewanika
Kemanjo" (Walker). Her mother asks her what happened to Dee, and she replies that shes dead; she couldnt stand "being named after the people who oppress me" (Walker). Her mother
pulls her up short and says she knows full well she was named after her aunt Dicie (Walker). But who was she named after? "I guess after Grandma Dee, I
said. And who was she named after? asked Wangero. Her mother, I said, and saw Wangero was getting tired. Thats about as far back as I can trace it, I
said" (Walker). This very funny little snippet shows clearly what her mother thinks of Dee for making up what she thinks is an African name. But theres a problem: "[T]hese
important names Dee bases her new-found identity on resemble Kikuyu names, but they are all misspelt" (Hoel, 1997). The fact that she has made up a name and misspelled it
into the bargain indicates that it is an illusion; in reality she is still Dee. Her traveling companion is a man she introduces as "Asalamalakim." This name is very close
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