Sacrifice In Just Like Phoenix Jackson

Register to read the introduction… This sense of self-sacrifice gives her the ability to risk getting hurt or even killed in order to get what her grandson needs. This sense of self sacrifice is present throughout the story for the journey itself is a constant battle where Phoenix gives up her comfort and security to go into a strange and hostile environment for the medicine. Such a hostile environment is the city. As Phoenix says herself, she is "an old woman without an education," who has probably lived in the country all of her life. The city is a foreign and intimidating place to her, but she ventures in for the sake of her grandson.
Phoenix Jackson draws upon her immense love for her ailing grandson to produce perseverance, resourcefulness and willingness to live that otherwise would never be there. The greatest example of this comes at the end of the story, when Phoenix has reached the doctor's office. At this point Phoenix has been challenged physically, emotionally and physiologically and she is worn out. She is on the brink of collapse when she reaches the doctor's office and the only thought that fills her mind is that she has made it. So, when the attendant in …show more content…
Just Like Phoenix Jackson, Granny is an older woman. This is indicated in the story when Cornelia makes a statement saying, "Don't cross her, let her have her way, she's eighty years old."(Porter, 506). This is also indicated in the beginning when Granny tells Dr. Harry, "That's no way to speak to a woman nearly 80 years old just because she's down. I'd have you respect your elder's young man. Granny's age ties in to her challenge of facing death. The author gives an indication several times that Granny is sick and dying. The flashbacks and chills that the reader states give you a vivid imagination and leads you to believe that Granny is on her death