I Stand Here Ironing by Olsen,

And Everyday Use by Walker

Introduction

Tillie Olsen's I stand here Ironing, and Alice Walker's Everyday Use, discusses the fault of the mothers on how her children turn out. Both mothers blamed themselves for the problems of their daughter(Koppelman 295). The mother said that she did what she had never done before, hugged Maggie to me, took blankets from Dee and gave them to Maggie. In I stand here ironing mother tells us that she feels guilty for her daughter, Emily, because she (the mother) did not. mother's neighbor even tells her that she should smile at Emily more when she looks at her.

Again by the end of the story of Emily's mother admits her wisdom came too late. Mother unknowingly gave Emily and Maggie is in second place. Both mothers compare their two daughters together(Tillie 1961). In daily use, her mother tells us that Dee is easier to Maggie, with nicer hair and a fuller figure. She shows a fire that burned and scarred Maggie. She tells us how Maggie is not bright, as she shuffles when she walks. Comparing it with Dee whose feet were always neat, as if God himself their form. We also learn about the style of Dee and she awes the other girls at school with him. Mother, I stand here ironing says Susan, quickly and clearly, and assured all in appearance and manner Emily was not there. Emily thin and dark and foreign looking at a time when every girl had to look or thought she should look like Chubby Blond copy of Shirley Temple. Dee, Emily physical limitation as well. It even asthma. Both Emily and Maggie show resentment towards her sisters. Sisters, God have rewarded good looks and poise. Emily's mother says, poisonous feelings between the sisters, she contributed to a sense of its inability to balance pain and needs two.

The girls' behaviour

In daily work we see Maggie watches her sister with a mixture of envy and fear. She thinks that her sister spent her life is always in the palm of one hand, it is not a word the world would never say it. Maggie's mother seems to have reinforced her, not being able to say "no," Dee as well. There is something that makes a point in history when she finally does say "no" (in terms of blankets), such an important moment in the life of Maggie. The ratio of mother to daughter polished border with contempt. In comparison I think it is more evident in everyday use, as evidenced by the dream of a TV show. Dee is also described reading to them, burned a lot of knowledge we not necessarily need to know, and again when she showed us how far dimwits(Bloom 97).

Another difference is that Dee and Susan are self-centered and selfish and Maggie and Emily are caring and giving. I think in the end both understand the mother of the daughters is all right as they are. They come ...