On Overgrown Paths

cutting through her thin, worn shoes, whilst the clashing of waves and rustling of trees was heard in the distance. A thick layer of fog clouded the path in front of her as the icy wind blew a few wisps of thin, grey hair around her face. Birds were starting to sing as the sun began to rise above the mountains behind her. Run down houses lined the path every now and then, eerily watching the woman limp along. Grey, mouldy paint was peeling away from the houses that used to be pristine white, and…

rrara Professor Asher Fiction Analysis 09 February 2018 Bravery in "A Worn Path" Everyday people are faced with 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…

Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” tells the story of Phoenix fought many battles to show her love for her grandson. Phoenix was an elderly lady who was African American and was driven to complete her journey to get her grandson medicine. She sacrificed a lot during her journey to save her grandson because he was sick. Along her journey she encounters a hunter, scarecrow and a dog. The story “A Worn Path” emphasizes the determination and obstacles the grandmother overcame to save her grandson. Phoenix…

Phoenix Jackson was a very old and small Negro woman. She carried a thin cane made from an umbrella to find her way around. In the story, “A Worn Path”, Jackson’s grandson had gotten sick from swallowing lye. This made Jackson start her journey into town to fetch medicine for her grandson. Unfortunately, she had gotten stopped by a hunter and his dogs, who then pointed his gun at her and threatened to shoot her. Jackson eventually made it past the hunter and made it into town to get the medicine…

There are many challenges one is faced in life that requires great strength and courage to overcome how we get through it determines one’s character. In the midst of it all finding oneselves can be difficult because we are so focused on the difficulties. In the Novel “Wild From Lost to Found on The Pacific Trail” by Cheryl Strayed the book is about a young women named Cheryl Strayed who loses everything and decides to go on a long distance hike on the Pacific Crest Trail a gigantic trail which…

Beauty is in the Heart In “A Worn Path,” by Eudora Welty, the main character’s name, Phoenix, has great significance in the short story. A Phoenix is “a mythological bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live another cycle of years” (“Phoenix Definition”). Phoenix also means “a person…that has become renewed or restored after suffering calamity or apparent…

Tim O'Brien said “A true war story is never moral.” In both “The Red Badge of courage”, written by Stephen Crane, and the movie “Paths of Glory,” directed by Stanley Kubrick, this statement takes upon a new meaning. Both Crane and Kubrick validate this message by showing that men grow selfish in the race to war glory and status, which in turn dehumanizes and uselessly kills innocent soldiers. They are expected to look this death in the face with unconditional bravery, which is against human…

Story Title: A Worn Path Author: Eudora Welty Theme: The main character of “A Worn Path”, Phoenix Jackson, is the epitome of determination. She does not let anything, whether it is thing she can control (the route she takes) or the thing she can’t (her advanced and her memory loss) stop her from getting medicine for her grandson. This story shows you have no limits other than the ones you set for yourself. It also beautiful exemplifies that even though she couldn’t remember her grandson, that…

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…

An Alternate View In his article, “Life and Death in Eudora Welty’s ‘A Worn Path,’” Roland Bartel pleads for readers to view “A Worn Path” as more than a story of the hardships an elderly African American woman faces. Bartel believes there is more to the story than what appears on the surface. He indulges the idea that Phoenix Jackson’s grandson is not sick, but dead, and that she makes the journey to keep her mind at ease. This view that Bartel possesses creates a whole other side to the…