Read the summary Summarized from "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker The narrator knows that Dee had hated the house. She wonders why Dee doesn't celebrate as the house burns down. The narrator
remembers how the church helped her raise enough money to send Dee to school in Augusta. The narrator says that Dee always got what she wanted. For example, she got a nice graduation
dress and a pair of black shoes to match a suit. In the narrator's opinion, Dee was a stubborn teenager with a mind of her own. The narrator was not educated. Her school was dosed after
second grade, but she doesn't know why. Maggie reads to her, although she struggles because she can't see well.
Why didn't the narrator get an education?
She couldn't see well.
Her house burned down.
Her school was dosed.
She didn't have money.