What is an example of a symbol, allusion, and verbal irony in the story "Everday Use" by Alice Walker?

In
"" the greatest symbol is the quilts, which represent intergenerational heritage and
connection. there are many other symbolsuses, such as names, which for Dee represent freedom
versus oppression, and clothes, which symbolically represent the inner qualities of the
characters.

One example ofin "Everyday Use" is an entertainment
allusion to the Johnny Carson show. Allusions draw on common knowledge to make complex
statements in an abbreviated manner. Therefore only someone familiar with Johnny Carson's talk
show could understand the allusion to "keep up with my quick and witty tongue"; Walker
assumes an almost universal acquaintance with Johnny Carson by using this allusion.

One instance of verbalis Mrs. Johnson's comment, as the first-person narrator, that
while reading aloud Dee "burned" she and Maggie with "a lot of knowledge we
didn't necessarily need to know." By this she ironically indicates that Dee, college
educated, values knowledge of a higher order and for its own sake (or its own impressive sake),
whereas she and Maggie value knowledge that pertains to what they need. It's also ironic to say
essentially that (at least some) knowledge isn't worth knowing.