In the journey of life, there are many difficulties that have to be .
To overcome these problems, determination and bravery are .
required. Phoenix Jackson is an elderly Negro woman who wears a "red rag .
on her hair" (Welty 150). She wears a long, striped dress and a long apron made .
out of "sugar sacks" (Welty 150). She carries a cane made out of an old umbrella, .
and her eyes are "blue with age" (Welty 150). Her skin is full of wrinkles, and her .
cheeks are "illuminated by a yellow burning under the dark" (Welty 150). Under .
Phoenix's rag, "her hair came down on her neck in the frailest of ringlets, still .
black with an copper like odor"(Welty 151). Phoenix is making a journey on the .
"Natchez Trace" (Welty 154) in December to get medicine for her sick grandson. .
Eudora Welty shows Phoenix Jackson in "A Worn Path" to be determined, brave .
and caring.
Phoenix Jackson is a determined woman. Every year, Phoenix has to take a trip in the winter to get her grandson's medicine. She knows her grandson needs his medicine, and she will get it at any cost to herself. At Phoenix's age, she should not go out in this weather, but she is determined to go out in the cold. In the journey, Phoenix encounters a bush. She is determined to pass by the bush, at the bottom of a hill, which her dress is caught. Her problem is that "her fingers were busy and intent, but her skirts were full and long, so that before she could pull .
them free in one place they were caught in another" (Welty 151). Phoenix's next encounter on the trail is the barbed-wire fence, which she must pass. At the fence, "she had to creep and crawl, spreading her knees and stretching her fingers like a baby trying to climb the steps" (Welty 151). She could not let her dress tear. She also could not pay if she were to get injured. Phoenix does not have any money. Phoenix walks along and finds her way to a field. A dog came out of the weeds and knocks her into a ditch.
A Worn Path Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" is a fantastic journey through an elderly woman's daily struggles. ... At first, the reader almost seems to be able to walk with Phoenix on her path because the description of her surroundings is so well stated. ... This brief description of the plot of "A Worn Path" is minimal in comparison to how interesting the story really was. ...
Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" tells the story of Phoenix Jackson, an elderly black woman living in the early to mid twentieth century. ... The significance of the title of "A Worn Path," however, lies in its complexity and in its many interpretations. ... Within the context of this particular interpretation, the keyword "worn" in "A Worn Path" implies that this path has been traveled many times before by Phoenix. ... Indeed the "path" is "worn" as a result of Phoenix's repeated trips to the town for her grandson's well being, and driven by her love for him, she will most lik...
One of her most well-known short stories is "A Worn Path," which she wrote in 1940. ... The setting of "A Worn Path" began in rural southern Mississippi along the Natchez Trail. ... The advantage of being a native of Mississippi has helped Eudora set the setting of "A Worn Path." As a person reads "A Worn Path," it can't go un-noticed that Phoenix Jackson is a unique name. ... Eudora's life in Mississippi and her familiarity with the Natchez Trail greatly influenced the setting and the main character's name in the short story "A Worn Path." ...
"A Worn Path" is a story of an old woman whose human spirit is full of devotion, dignity and high drive that helps her overcome tremendous impediments of life in the name of love for her grandson. ... Phoenix Jackson, as a woman who possesses both qualities, teaches us life lessons to hold onto and experience for ourselves, as we journey down our own "worn path". ... In the story "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, Phoenix Jackson, despite the racial injustice which she was forced to endure in her lifetime, lives up to her name by using her inner strength and wisdom throughout her journey to reach ...
Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" begins as a simple story of an old woman walking through the woods to town. ... In "A Worn Path," Phoenix Jackson seems like a silly, old woman. ... In "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, the exposition is found near the end of the story. ...
A Worn Path "A Worn Path" is a short story that was written by Eudora Weltey. This story was about a little old black lady named Phoenix Jackson who lived way back in the piney woods with her grandson. And every time he ran out of his medication, she would walk a long journey to the nearest town...
A Worn Path "A Worn Path" is a short story that was written by Eudora Weltey. This story was about a little old black lady named Phoenix Jackson who lived way back in the piney woods with her grandson. And every time he ran out of his medication, she would walk a long journey to the nearest town...
A Worn Path / The Lottery Both "A Worn Path," by Eudora Welty, and "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, deal with routine and the impact following a routine can have on people. In "A Worn Path", Old Phoenix shows how as you get older, your capability of doing things become limited which leads you to doing things over and over again following a set of routine. ... In " A Worn Path," as Old Phoenix walked through the woods and got to the top of the hill and gave a full, severe look behind her where she had come and said "Up through pines," then "N...
In her short story, "A Worn Path," Eudora Welty uses many different symbols that convey an underlying meaning that death is lurking around every corner and around every bend in the road. Some of these symbols include the title itself, "A Worn Path," the rustling in the bushes, Phoenix Jackson's dress catching in the bush, and the scarecrow and the black dog. ... The first symbol is the title of the story and how it brings Phoenix Jackson to her journey of "A Worn Path." ... The path Phoenix takes is the path of her life. ... Phoenix Jackson walks a path through the long journey of life. ...
