What was before hip hop?
In America in the late 1960s, before hip hop, graffiti was used as a form of expression by political activists.
What is before hip hop was hip hop about?
According to Walker, hip-hop today is a global industry. “Before Hip-Hop” is a reflective essay because Walker is reflecting back to a time in her life and acknowledging the impact this experience had in her life.
What is the tone of Walker’s essay?
The tone of Walker’s essay is very personal.
What did you enjoy most about Walker’s descriptions of hip hop culture during her youth?
What I enjoyed most about Walker’s description of hip-hop culture when she was young is that they could but mixtapes for two dollars. Now days the average cost of a CD/Mixtape is around 10 – 15 dollars. 2.
Why was it so important for Walker and her friends to define themselves?
It was so important for Walker and her friends to define themselves through clothing, language, dance, and music because that was the way they expressed themselves to each other without talking, due to the fact that many of them spoke different languages.
What effect does Walker create through her use of repetition and parallelism at the end of the essay?
Through effective use of repetition and parallelism, Hand dismisses the possible counterclaim that liberty resides with the government, not with the citizens: “When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it.
What is the mood of everyday use?
The mood in “Everyday Use” is contemplative, moving from uncertain to strong as the story progresses.
What does the yard symbolize in everyday use?
The yard in “Everyday Use” may symbolize freedom, peace, new beginnings, and embracing one’s identity. Because the yard is an extension of the house, it may also symbolize contentment, as the house represents the life Maggie and Mama have built for themselves and love.
What are some symbols in everyday use?
Everyday Use Symbols
- The House. Mama and Maggie’s house works in “Everyday Use” to represent both the comfort of their family heritage and the trauma built into that history.
- Quilts.
- Eye contact / Vision / Gaze.
What are the different symbols that you use everyday?
Some of the most popular symbols are:
- Heart symbol: this represents love, compassion and health.
- Dove symbol: this represents peace, love, and calm.
- Raven symbol: this represents death and doom.
- Tree symbol: this represents growth, nature, stability, and eternal life.
- Owl symbol: this represents wisdom and intelligence.
Why does Maggie give the quilts to her sister?
Unlike her sister, Dee, Maggie loves the family quilts because she knows the people whose lives and stories are represented by them. She even knows how to quilt herself. Her mother has promised Maggie the quilts, which Dee has already once refused, when she gets married because they are meaningful to her.
What is Dee’s new name?
Dee tells her mother that she has changed her name to Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo to protest being named after the people who have oppressed her.
Why is the setting important in everyday use?
The setting of “Everyday Life” is very important to the plot. By setting the story in the rural shack where Maggie and her mother live, readers can easily see how frivolous and high-handed Dee’s attempt to appropriate their everyday items as “artifacts” is.
What is the resolution in everyday use?
Resolution. The setting of “Everyday Use” is in the 1960’s or 1970’s, during the time when African American life and identity were undergoing many changes and transforming into something new. The resolution is when Mama decides that Maggie will get the handmade quilts and Dee can take some of the others.