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Hinton 1 Hinton, Venekia Joshua Bowen English 1123 7 February 2017 A Worn Path “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty is a story of determination and hope. The short story takes place during the 1940’s in Mississippi. This was a time when African Americans were not treated equal to whites. Welty’s story talks about an elderly African American woman named Phoenix. Phoenix is on a burdensome journey from the country to Jackson, Mississippi. For many people, the journey from the country to the…

Phoenix Jackson is as worn down as the path she travels. She conquers many obstacles in her journey to get her grandson his medicine. The difficulties endured include racism, her old age, and poverty. The short story, “A Worn Path,” was written by Eudora Welty in 1940. The main character is Phoenix Jackson. She is described in the story as an African American woman from the south who is very old, frail, wrinkled and small. The story takes place in the 1930’s, many years after slavery…

Overcoming obstacles In the short story “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty the protagonist Phoenix must overcome many diverse types of obstacles in order to acquire the medicine that she needs for her grandson. She must triumph over physical, emotional, and mental obstacles on her lengthy journey into town. These varying obstacles all hindered her progress, but in the end she was able to prevail over them due to her perseverance, determination and love for her family. The main cause of her…

Through Sister 's point of view the reader is directly spoken to and consequently influenced by Sister 's personal views. Eudora Welty did this in order for the readers to sympathize with Sister as her family turns against her and she tells the story of events leading up to her living in the town of China Grove 's Post Office. The story opens with Sister as she unquestionably…

“A Worn Path” is about a grandmother, named Phoenix, who needs to go into town, called Natchez, to get medicine for her grandson. The path that she has to take has many obstacles to overcome. Even with the obstacles that lie ahead of the journey, she still goes. Phoenix age is emphasized with the descriptive details that are given by the narrator. Some of the obstacles that she had to overcome are dense forest, walking over hills, wild animals, thorny bushes, barbed wire fences, and winter…

to recognize our sins (personal, cultural, historical) and thereby make moral progress” (Almond 94). This is applied not only in our own lives, but also in literature. For instance, Sister experiences this kind of coping mechanism through comedy in Eudora Welty’s short story “Why I Live at the P.O.” In this narrative, the reader gets a sense of how family conflict causes great pain through Welty’s use of comedy…

In the short story, A Worn Path, the use of a literary device such as the symbol of ageism is one way in which the author, Eudora Welty, successfully described the main character, Phoenix Jackson. All throughout the short story, there are many examples of how Old Phoenix is depicted as an aging person who is near the end of her life. Although one is left to interpret our own ideas of what Phoenix Jackson represents, the strongest example of her would be her aging. Throughout the entire story,…

A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty is a short story in which fulfills all aspects of literary ideas. Phoenix Jackson’s only real motivation for living is to help keep her young grandson alive. While there are a multitude of literary elements and devices throughout the story, some of the first ones have the biggest impact. She makes this trek continuously, and as she nears the end of her old life, she will nourish her grandson back to health. Her journey to Natchez is filled with some hindrances, but…

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…

Saunders Summary It is interesting, there has been much ado about Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path.” Many essays and critical analysis Authors wrote about the story. Even Welty responded to the countless letters she received about whether Phoenix’s grandson is alive or dead. Included is Mr. James R. Saunders article “A Worn Path”: The Eternal Quest of Welty’s Phoenix Jackson. In his essay he includes others critiques, proves Phoenix Jackson is loving, and determined. In his essay Neil Issacs…