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Though on the surface it seems to be a simple story about an old woman on a journey, Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” is highly symbolic. With a name like Phoenix, her allegorical potential is obvious, even if the meaning is slightly more cryptic in nature. Because phoenixes are symbols for cyclic death and rebirth, one could interpret Phoenix's character as a symbol for the oppressed, fighting or lose faith. They’re spirit will never perish. However, there are two other symbols whose presence in…

Since the beginning of the week, when I read the syllabus for this class, I have been circling the questions posed. I have thought about these questions before yet never truly came up with a solution that satisfied me. Then tonight my son walked up with his stuffed dog in tears that he neglected Nashoba. If you are not familiar with the name, it is the word wolf in Choctaw. I found it ironic that here I am trying to write about what to call a collection of many different, for lack of different…

obstacles that stand in their way of where they are trying to go. This is shown in the story, A Worn Path. Phoenix Jackson is the main character and she is an old, black woman who resides in the countryside. She is on a journey to reach a town called Natchez, so that she can get her grandson medicine. But, along the way she is faced with obstacles. These obstacles do not stop her from where she is trying to go, because through all and all, love inspires bravery. Through the many obstacles that…

The main character Phoenix is a symbol of sacrifice. In the story phoenix sacrifices her life by traveling on the Natchez Trail into town. Scholar advisor suggest “Right from the poor eyesight to slow walking pace, there was nothing in her favor.” Mrs. Jackson already knew how bad her eyesight was. Her determination got the best of her so she kept pushing herself. The…

which children are placed because their biological parents cannot take them. An orphanage is a home for children which their parents cannot take of them or they are dead. The first orphanage was established was in the United States of America in Natchez, Mississippi in 1729. The orphanages were founded by private charitable groups. Orphanages boomed between 1830 and 1850. They cared the white orphanage because they were a conflict between white and Indians. They are other different reasons why…

“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…

the son of Chiliab and Mary smith. Throughout his life he couldn’t hear because he was born with a disease that made him deaf. That's how he got the nickname Deaf Smith. He was born in Dutchess County New York. Until he was 11 then they moved to Natchez, Mississippi Territory. “When the colony was under the green dewitt Smith commenced settling where the town of Gonzales is now located, Smith was one of them, going there in 1825. From there…

through. The author shows that Phoenix Jackson is both a Martyr and Warrior for what she does and goes through. Phoenix Jackson’s grandson was in need of a medicine after swallowing lye, the medicine could only be found in a Medical Clinic in Natchez,Mississippi. They lived in…

Did you ever think a novel and short story by two different people could be so similar? Ray Bradbury and Eudora Welty had similar writing styles and a similar theme when writing. According to ProQuest, Bradbury was a writer during the American Confessional Period, American Conformity and Criticism Period, Postwar Period, Twentieth Period, and the Twenty-First Century. Eudora Welty was a part of American Confessional Period, American Conformity and Criticism Period, Postwar Period, and the…

racial inequalities around her and in her environment .Meanwhile, her problems with her family are more pressing that Anne changes her name to Essie Mae because she thinks that it fits for her. In addition, Anne accepts a basketball scholarship to Natchez College, where there she has her first boyfriend. At Tougaloo, she joins the NAACP even though the sheriff tells that it would mean harm to her family . Nonetheless, Anne becomes active in the NAACP and the civil rights movement, despite her…