A Worn Path

warm-up. But with every step, she doubts herself, knowing this was a stupid mistake. Her shoes are too tight, her headphones are falling out, and she just knows she won’t be able to feel as great as she used to. She rounds a comer of the forested path, and she increases the sound of her music by a notch or two. She keeps on jogging, navigating tree roots and questioning why she even decided to go for a run. As the first song from her carefully constructed playlist ends, and the next one begins,…

Determination doesn’t have an off-season. The Other Side of the Sky, The Song of the Wandering Aengus, and Barrio Boy all show their path of determination. In The Other Side of the Sky; Farah Ahmedi is determined to get her mother out of Afghanistan. In The Song of the Wandering Aengus; Aengus was determined after he saw a beautiful woman. In Barrio Boy; Ernesto is determined to learn English by his teacher beauty. The first text is a true story called Barrio Boy, Ernesto is learning the…

The momma bear tilts her had, staring at me through angry eyes. I can almost imagine the thoughts whirling around in her huge, furry head. She's wondering if I'm a threat to her baby, protecting him like any mother should do. The cubs quite a bit smaller, with light brown fur and ears that pop up over her head. He doesn't seem afraid of me, more like curious, wanting to explore more then fight. But the momma bear has a different idea, with her sleek, dark brown fur and steal eyes anyone would be…

rabbits, raccoons, several squirrels and a possum all appearing very comfortable and at ease in their safe surroundings. She slowly walked to the back corner stall which was empty but fresh with hay and collapsed on her frail tired legs. She was so worn out that she did not hear the giant dog quietly ease open the door of the barn and begin making his way to the back stall, just as planned. Too late she realized he was standing in the stall door, bigger than she realized and she was too weak to…

This describes the journey of an elderly black woman named Phoenix Jackson who walks from her home to the city of Natchez to get medicine for her sick grandson. The landscape as Phoenix perceives it becomes a primary focus of the vividly evoked narrative, nature is depicted as alternately beautiful and as an impediment to Phoenix's progress. As she walks, she struggles against intense fatigue and poor eyesight, as well as such obstacles as thorn bushes and barbed wire. The combined effects of…

In Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell the protagonist Ree Dolly journeys through the stages of a Hero's Journey as defined by Joseph Campbell. An atypical hero, the 16-year-old young woman begins her quest in The World of Common Day. The reader is introduced to Ree, “She stood tall in combat boots, scarce at waist but plenty through the arms and shoulders, a body made for loping after needs”(3). As she is physically built to travel the Ozarks searching for her father, Ree is still burdened with…

people think they are better than poor all of that, but we are the same. Things should not be like that. In the Worn path story people treated Phoenix very bad because she was looking a medicine for her grandson. Today we are going to see how people in the worn story reacted to Phoenix, and why they were reacted like that. I can tell that Phoenix is a great and strong old woman, the path she got through was not easy to do. She was alone fighting by herself to get the medicine for her grandson.…

In Knight’s journal, she detailed daily accounts of her travel including descriptions of her surroundings. For example, “we entered a thicket of tress and shrubs” and then “we were on a descent of a hill” (Knight A: 381). She described the path she traveled as narrow and also mentioned the steepness of the hills. As she continued her trip, she noted the places she stayed at overnight, the type of food she ate and the quality and personality of the people she met. She wrote, “There are plenty…

There are many challenges one is faced in life that requires great strength and courage to overcome how we get through it determines one’s character. In the midst of it all finding oneselves can be difficult because we are so focused on the difficulties. In the Novel “Wild From Lost to Found on The Pacific Trail” by Cheryl Strayed the book is about a young women named Cheryl Strayed who loses everything and decides to go on a long distance hike on the Pacific Crest Trail a gigantic trail which…

How far are you willing to go in order to do something you love most? Most are willing to sacrifice all they have in order to accomplish their goal. Eudora Welty exemplifies a person who is willing to do just that! Since her early childhood, Eudora Welty has been surrounded in an environment where reading is fundamental. In the excerpts from her autobiography, One Writer’s Beginnings, Welty is nostalgic for her childhood experiences connected with reading. Welty conveys her passion for reading…