Critical path method

Characterization in Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”: A Delusional Granny Published in 1941, “A Worn Path,” written by Eudora Welty, is a short story filled with an array of themes. The theme of varying realities is one particular viewpoint which is represented. In this story the protagonist makes a journey into town to get medicine for her beloved grandson who is suffering from lye poisoning. Along the way she has interactions with multiple figures, both animate and inanimate that show lapses in…

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…

A Worn Path In Eudora Welty's “A Worn Path,” an elderly African American woman named Phoenix Jackson sets out on a familiar journey to retrieve medicine for her sick grandson. Set in Natchez, Mississippi, she undertakes many obstacles along her routine path. The story was written in the 1940's, right after World War II and the historical plot includes racial prejudice, lack of education for the poor, and lack of transportation. In “A Worn Path,” racial prejudice in the 1940's was rampant and…

In William Sydney Porter’s (pen name O. Henry) novel The Gift of the Magi, (1906), the young married couple, Jim and Della, the setting takes place during Christmas. The force that makes it difficult for the couple is having one dollar and eighty seven between the two of them and trying to find more money and of buying gifts for each other. The setting takes place during Christmas holiday. Jim and Della both admire what they possess already and want to enhance their worldly possessions (Jim’s…

Not all heroes are that way however. Some heroes seem to be the opposite of heroic as well such as Bilbo Bagons from “The Hobbit” or Daniel Crawford from “Asylum”. Out of all the heroes one seems to stand out the most. Phoenix Jackson from “A Worn Path” is an elderly woman who travels a far distance alone to get medicine for her grandson. “What makes her a hero?” someone might ask. Phoenix Jackson is a hero because she follows the hero’s quest storyline and much of her personality is that of…

In the story A Worn Path by Eudora Welty is a story that represents high spirits, trust, brave, and life and death. Phoenix Jackson, from A Worn Path, has a mission/journey to go into town for her grandsons medication. She goes through many obstacles she is a very elderly women around her 80’s. The connection Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” the character Phoenix Jackson is symbolic to a Phoenix bird from mythology because they both rebirth, go on missions/journeys, and have high spirits to where…

A Worn Path “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty is about Phoenix Jackson’s journey. Within her journey, she overcomes obstacles and is determined to help her grandson. She has a symbolic connection to a mythical bird known as a phoenix. The phoenix is a mythological bird and there are many different stories and beliefs about this creature. According to a legend, a phoenix can be reborn and has the ability to heal. The author intentionally makes Phoenix Jackson an allusion to the mythological phoenix…

Perseverance is a groundwork that provides the self-determination to accomplish dreams. Eudora Welty’s short story "The Worn Path" is set in the middle of the twentieth century at the time when African Americans were still facing discrimination. Welty tells the story of Phoenix, an old African American woman, who walks through the wilderness more often than not in order to obtain medicine for her sick grandson. The journey in to the town would not be very difficult to the average person.…

An anonymous writer once said, “Is there anything more wonderful than a grandmother’s love for her grandchildren? It is just pure love nothing but pure love". In Eudora Welty’s short story, “A Worn Path”, Phoenix Jackson embodies a loving grandmother that would do anything for her sick grandson. While the difficulty of her unexplained journey her body and her mind never pleads her to stop. Phoenix’s perseverance is demonstrated by the meek fact that she keeps walking. She encounters many…

like without some of the minor characters? You most likely wouldn’t know the main character’s personality as well right? A subordinate character has an important role in the story without being the protagonist. In “The Most Dangerous Game”, “A Worn Path”, and “A Rose for Emily”, all have subordinate characters that contribute to making the story understandable. Richard Connell’s short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, starts off with the protagonist, Sanger Rainsford, having a conversation with…