“A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty is a story that tells us about Phoenix, an elderly woman who undertakes an arduous journey to the city in search of her grandson's throat medicine. She is a determined and resilient woman who despite her age unwaveringly battles many obstacles to find her grandson's throat medicine. Symbolism is one of the most prominent stylistic devices that the author has skillfully used to explain certain phenomena in the story.
Various symbols have been used in the text which includes; the paper windmill Phoenix bought to take to her grandson with her newly found money “This is what come to me to do…I going to the store and buy my child a little windmill they sell, made out of paper. He going to find it hard to believe there such a thing in the world.” Welty has skillfully chosen to use a paper windmill as a symbol symbolizing the high hopes that her grandmother had that his grandson would one day excel. Just as the windmill can synthesize the energy from the surrounding and use it for a more significant …show more content…
According to Wiktionary, phoenix refers to a mythical creature believed to live for 500 years and dies by burning to ashes through a self-made pyre ignited by the sun; it then arises anew from the ashes. Phoenix has been used to symbolize the resilience and determination she has for the success of her grandson. She undertakes a somewhat dangerous and strenuous journey despite her age with an aim to get throat medicine for her grandson. She is, however, unaverred despite the consistent obstacles she faces on her journey determined that her efforts are going to bear fruits. She is decided to take the journey time and again despite her age for the wellbeing of her grandson who happens to be the only surviving member of her family "We is the only two lefts in the world. He suffers, and it don't seem to put him back at all…He going to last…I could tell him from all the others in
Various symbols have been used in the text which includes; the paper windmill Phoenix bought to take to her grandson with her newly found money “This is what come to me to do…I going to the store and buy my child a little windmill they sell, made out of paper. He going to find it hard to believe there such a thing in the world.” Welty has skillfully chosen to use a paper windmill as a symbol symbolizing the high hopes that her grandmother had that his grandson would one day excel. Just as the windmill can synthesize the energy from the surrounding and use it for a more significant …show more content…
According to Wiktionary, phoenix refers to a mythical creature believed to live for 500 years and dies by burning to ashes through a self-made pyre ignited by the sun; it then arises anew from the ashes. Phoenix has been used to symbolize the resilience and determination she has for the success of her grandson. She undertakes a somewhat dangerous and strenuous journey despite her age with an aim to get throat medicine for her grandson. She is, however, unaverred despite the consistent obstacles she faces on her journey determined that her efforts are going to bear fruits. She is decided to take the journey time and again despite her age for the wellbeing of her grandson who happens to be the only surviving member of her family "We is the only two lefts in the world. He suffers, and it don't seem to put him back at all…He going to last…I could tell him from all the others in