Eudora

In the short-short story “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty, an incredible journey filled with intestinal fortitude and sheer determination transpires. An elderly woman, of considerable age, named Phoenix Jackson makes a foot journey from her home far out in the middle of the country to town (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012). Many obstacles complicate and intrude on her journey that might have caused her to abandon her mission, which was to get medicine at the doctor’s office in town for her grandson…

rabbits, coons and wild animals!...Keep out from under these feet, little bob-whites...Keep the big wild hogs out of my path. Don’t let none of those come running my direction. I got a long way” (Welty 1). In Roland Bartel’s article, “Life And Death In Eudora Welty’s ‘A Worn Path’, he say, “What concerns me about these discussions is that they treat Phoenix Jackson as a stereotype and allow the obvious archetypal significance of her name and her journey to overshadow the uniqueness of one of the…

Two Sisters’ Perspectives “Why I live at the P.O.” by Eudora Welty is written in first person. The narrator, called Sister in the story, seems to use this work to express her feelings about the unjust treatment she has endured from her family. She also wants to justify her quick decision to move away from home. She hopes that her readers will see the mistreatment she has endured and applaud her for having the courage to separate herself from her family. If the story was told from Stella-…

A worn path by Eudora Welty Phoenix Jackson and the phoenix bird of mythology are very similar they both overcome obstacles and keep going no matter what and they both go on a journey. Phoenix jackson and the mythological bird both overcome obstacles. Phoenix jackson overcome obstacles throughout the story when she walking the path she is an older women and it is during the winter and it's cold so her bones are weak and it takes alittle longer for her to do things. She also has something like…

viewpoint shift that separates these two eras of writing is astounding. However, subtle differences are present within. Such similarities in story structure, characterization, and conveyed messages connect James Fennimore Cooper’s “The Deerslayer” and Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”.…

Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” demonstrations hardships face by Phoenix Jackson through symbolism and motifs. While developing her character within the flawed imagery Welty leaves her readers with a paradox of their own, who Phoenix truly is. During the 1940’s, Mississippi countryside was neither a kind place “color people” nor an elderly woman on her own but Phoenix got by on her wits and grit. Although this path lies open to interpretation, Phoenix Jackson reveals her own nature with her little…

Phoenix Jackson, a protagonist in “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty, embarks on a journey to town through the Natchez trail. Though there is no actual knowing of her people make an assumption about her age and her inabilities, in society we often like to discriminate against people before evaluating them. When old age comes to mind what do you think of: Crippled? Weak? Those are just some mere first impressions we make which shape our basic perception. Yes, Phoenix may embody some effects of old age…

many people in the world who feel a deep connection with reading. Their passion and drive to read anything, anywhere, anytime, shapes them for the rest of their life. Eudora Welty had this passion and connection with books. Even as a child, Welty was inseparable from reading books. She would read anything she could get her hands on. Eudora Welty grew up in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1900’s and passed away in 2001. In a passage from Welty’s autobiography, One Writer’s Beginnings, she…

The phoenix is a powerful symbol. This symbol is often used in literature for its symbolic meaning. The mythological bird bursts into flames at the moment of death, but that is only the beginning of the bird’s story. When the bird has transformed into a mere pile of ashes, it is reborn out of those ashes. Therefore, the phoenix is a symbol of rebirth, resurrection, renaissance, and persistence. The UXL Encyclopedia of World Mythology actually clarifies that, “The main theme of the myth of the…

The textbook definition of a metaphor is “a figure of speech that describes something as though it actually were something else” (1935). Without using the words “like” or “as,” the author of a story has to use the right words to compare people, objects, or scenery to something different from what they are. An author also uses a metaphor to give a more enhanced description of something in their story. Each three authors use metaphors throughout their stories to give the reader a better sense of…