Sacrifice in A Worn Path Essay

It is made clear in the story, “A Worn Path” that Phoenix Jackson has made journeys over and over again, particularly the journey to town. The mythological Phoenix is famous…

Brandon Leininger Mr. Thym English 1020 17 September 2015 The heroism of Phoenix Jackson A Worn Path, written by Eudora Welter, is a short novel that captures the heart of heroism. Taking place in the mid-nineteen hundreds, the story is about a poor, elderly African American women, Phoenix Jackson, from southwestern Mississippi. While traveling a long, treacherous journey, Phoenix Jackson’s goal is to obtain medicine for her ailing grandson from the city clinic. During her…

People from all over the world love to read American short stories. In Jack London’s “The Law of Life,” Edgar Allen Poe’s “Story Of An Hour”, and Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”, controlling themes are obvious as to what the author’s purpose in creating the plot. In Jack London’s “Law of Life”, the major theme in the story is the concept of death. In the short story, Koskoosh states, “I am as a last year's leaf, clinging lightly to the stem. The first breath that blows, and I fall. My voice is…

Symbolism in A Worn Path In the short story, A Worn Path by Eudora Welty there are many symbols. The story takes place in the American South during the mid-twentieth century. The main character of this story is an elderly African American women named Phoenix Jackson, who is on her way to get medicine for her grandson who is sick. She ends up taking an extremely worn path to get to the clinic and on her way through the path she encounters a hunter. The hunter raises his gun and aims it at the…

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 determination even got her to the point of hallucination when once she sat down to rest. She envisioned a little boy giving her a…

In a “A Worn Path”, Welty gives examples of how an old colored female travels through the woods twice a year to get medicine for her grandson. Questions and answers about this short story have affected the views on the way readers see Phoenix Jackson and the journey she has for not only herself but also for her grandson. As Phoenix travels through the woods to get to town, she sacrifices so much to achieve the goal she has set for herself. The multiple characteristics of Phoenix will explain…

A manifold of symbolic connotations can be made 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…

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…

Her journey is taken during Christmas time which is an important time for Christians. In the story, “[Phoenix] is described as being elderly and near the end of her life.” (echeat 1). The theme is Welty’s story is self sacrifice. Just like Christ himself, she makes a long and hard journey and sacrifices herself for her grandson’s health. Welty was also very clever when she named Phoenix Jackson. The bird phoenix is an Egyptian bird that “is characterized as being a protector. The phoenix…

When a family member becomes ill many people will begin to sacrifice all they have to see the person well again. Phoenix Jackson, in Eudora Welty’s short story “A Worn Path” not only gives up all she has but her dignity as well. Phoenix Jackson is an elderly African-American woman who survived the cruelty of slavery before and during the Civil War. She is described as plain, wrinkled, and socially unimportant. When her grandson becomes ill after swallowing lye Phoenix Jackson travels to the…