Alice Walker's Everyday Use Why does the beaten man rise after a fight? What is there to keep a poor man going? What made Everyday Use by Alice Walker so compelling? The answer to all these questions is pride. Pride is often shown in a bad light. One of the first images that pops in my head at the mention of pride is horrible little Nellie Olson from Little House on the Prairie. It is thought of a being boisterous and self-centered. We often use the term when describing vain little debutantes. Pride is blames for failed marriages, unpaid debts, and even suicide. However I must say that I fe....

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