Natchez Trace

flame, Alcee, her mind so distracted that she did not have the time to become angry. 2. “A Worn Path”- Protagonist: Phoenix Jackson, Antagonist: The hunter, Point of view: 3rd person limited, Setting: Late 1930s during the Christmas season in Natchez Trace Mississippi.…

Eudora Welty was born in Jackson, Mississippi on April 13, 1909. Her parents were Christian and Chestina Welty. She attended high school at Jackson’s Central High School from which she graduated in 1925. Welty is considered one of the most distinguished graduates of the Jackson Public School system. After high school, she attended Mississippi State College for Women in Columbus and then went to study at the University of Wisconsin, where she received her bachelor’s degree. After this, she…

“Family means, no one gets left behind or forgotten” (Stiers). “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty is one of the short stories whose theme is familial love. The story is about an old and small African-American woman named Phoenix Jackson from the Old Natchez Trace, who was occasionally on a journey to town to pick up a specific medicine for her grandson who has swallowed lye. During her trip, she encounters various obstacles that would hinder her from her goal. In the end, she succeeds and brings home…

While a majority of the community is in need of renovation it is an old community that has character. The community’s outstanding assets are the Renaissance mall, the Natchez Trace Parkway and museum, and St. Andrews private school. These attract people of upper class who add value to the community. What I found most striking about this community is how clean it is. It is clear that the members of the community take pride…

Journeys can be tough. Often, we may get caught up in problems we both expect or do not expect to happen along the way. Other times, great stuff may happen and we will benefit from going on a journey. We meet people along the way who either help us or destroy us. But in a journey, we always have a certain and distinct goal. A goal so important, that no matter how tough the journey might be, we must always try to achieve it. Try, try again. Usually, we might see heroes as being buff, strong,…

Small ranchers Samuel Jeremiah Jones of the Circle J ranch and Seth (Hoot) Davis of the Slash D were raised in Louisiana living on adjacent plantations southeast of New Orleans and as young masters they had lived a life of the New Orleans rakes. With slaves to attend to all their needs, they lived a life of pleasure, gambling, drinking, and raising hell. They often visited Madam Bordeaux sporting house of soiled doves, an establishment that only the wealthy gained entry. When they were nine…

big as it is you had the greater Appalachia running thru it, which was an independent minded Scots-Irish. Most of the families that came in the greater Appalachia they came in great numbers. The greater Appalachia filtered down from the famed Natchez Trace from Pennsylvanian, Ohio, Kentucky, and also Tennessee. The Scots-Irish of the greater Appalachia set the feisty character of the republic and of the state that followed, but they were not the only European group to have an impact on Texas. In…

Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” written in third person and Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” written in first person are two different works of literature. Though they may be two different works of genre and literature; they are very similar in many different aspects of the theme, as for example they both share the same theme and a gripping way to capture the audience. Eudora Welty 's "A Worn Path" is the account of Phoenix Jackson; cheerful, decided voyage. Conquering each hindrance and diversion in…

different belief systems and ways of living. For example the Aztec and the Inca had built tremendous empires, the Mississippians or the mound builders had built cities that were surrounded by farm land that expanded from present day St. Louis and Natchez Mississippi. The Pueblo Indians lived in large towns and traded with other…

on. The shadows hung from the oak trees to the road like curtains. Then she smelled wood smoke, and smelled the river, and she saw a steeple and the cabins on their steep steps. Dozens of little black children whirled around her. There ahead was Natchez shining. Bells were ringing. She walked on. In the paved city it was Christmas time. There were red and green electric lights strung and crisscrossed everywhere, and all turned on in the daytime. Old Phoenix would have been lost if she had not…