Eudora

rebirth for a very long time. Its characteristics change slightly with each new iteration, but a few things remain more or less consistent such as its beautiful appearance and its ability to consume itself with flame and be reborn in the ashes. When Eudora Welty wrote “A Worn Path” she named her main character Phoenix Jackson, and I’ve discovered several similarities between this character and her namesake. Let’s examine the various similarities and see what conclusions we can draw from them.…

Eudora Welty’s first book of short stories was published in 1941 titled A Curtain of Green and Other Short Stories. This book included seventeen short stories ranging from comical situations to some that are viewed much more tragic and serious. Welty wrote about people and places she had earlier photographed in life, as her photography became the basis for several of her short stories. In her short story “A Curtain of Green,” Welty’s use of rich symbolism throughout the story depicts a stronger…

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…

Eudora Welty writes “A Worn Path” to tell a story of perseverance and love. Welty’s southern heritage is displayed throughout the story, where she uses an elderly lady named Phoenix Jackson. Phoenix was to take a path whereby the end was unknown to the readers. Phoenix’s grandson swallowed lye a few years ago, and this caused his throat to be damaged permanently. She often takes this long journey to get her grandson’s medicine although she is far in age. Many readers may believe she was mentally…

in “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty. Eudora Welty’s explanation of symbolism basically says how the Character Phoenix Jackson goes out of her way to do all that she can for her grandson because he is sick and can’t take care of him-self. She is a good grandmother by going out of her to take the whole day to walk all the way into town to get him his medicine. During her excursion she talks aloud to herself coaxing before, but this one seems significantly harder to manage. Eudora Welty “A Worn Path”…

“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, 2013, p.22). In Eudora Welty’s 1941 short fiction “A Worn Path,” the audience is introduced to an elderly woman called Old Phoenix. Phoenix faces a path that she has traveled many times to obtain some medicine for her grandson’s health. However, Phoenix comes across many obstacles and social forces that make her journey strenuous. Although, she always makes her way through the…

reading the short story, A Worn Path, by Eudora Welty, he or she begins to wonder why Welty chose the name, Phoenix, for her main character. As many people know, a phoenix stems from “the Egyptian myth about a bird which renews itself periodically from its own ashes” (Bartel). Considering the age and state of Phoenix Jackson, she seems like the least person to relate to the vibrant bird-like phoenix. However, Phoenix Jackson and a phoenix have a lot in common. Eudora Welty named her main…

example, if an author says a character is angry, the reader cannot infer how angry that character is. When the author places symbolism such as the word red for angry then the reader can picture the character so angry that they turn the color red. Eudora Welty was an award winning author. She wrote several short stories and…

An example showing how a lifestyle could be difficult, in the story “A Worn Path” written by Eudora Welty, the main character Phoenix Jackson must carry out the hardships of being an elderly black woman living within the confines of a segregated region, and she must endure a long journey to retrieve medicine for her ill grandson. Modernist writers…

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…