The Two Paths

them from accomplishing their goals. In the story of a Worn path by Eudora Welty, three themes that stood out were, love, racism and dedication. The main character was Phoenix Jackson. The story was set in December in 1940’s southwestern Mississippi. The first theme love is the most important theme of all, for this is the reason this old woman is out in the atrocious weather of December. The story is called the worn path because Phoenix constantly makes this trip to get medicine…

Phoenix Jackson, the main character in A Worn Path by Eudora Welty (1940), was an elderly woman with more determination than someone half her age. She is a woman living up to her first name! She is on a mission, and she will not allow anything to stand in her way. In this short story, we see a similarity between the mythological bird, the phoenix, and Phoenix Jackson. Throughout multiple obstacles in Phoenix’s passageway to her destination, her strength, resistance, and spirit persisted beyond…

“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…

will rise and reborn anew…” – Kahit Minsan. The story of Phoenix Jackson depicts the long and strenuous journey of an old woman fighting to bring medicine to her sick grandson. In the story, Eudora Welty uses symbolism, color, and theme in “A Worn Path” to show the allegory of the “Flight of the Phoenix”, in the life of Phoenix Jackson. First, Eudora Welty uses symbolism to relate Phoenix Jackson to the mythological tale of the “Flight of the Phoenix”. In the story, Welty says “She walked…

Through the course of the short story “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty, Phoenix Jackson had several moments or opportunities along her way to abandon her mission. Phoenix’s first moment or opportunity was when her skirt was entangled with a thorn bush and she could not let her dress get torn. According to the quote of Welty (1940), " Her eyes opened, their widest, and she started down gently. But before she got to the bottom of the hill a bush caught her dress. Her fingers were busy and intent,…

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imagery to reveal Grenouille’s fickle disposition. Consequently, the effect of making divine, animalistic and childlike comparisons of the protagonist in Patrick Süskind’s Perfume is essential when fir understanding the reason why the author took the paths that he did to portray his controversial character such a manner. Through the usage of repetition and imagery, Süskind reveals the effect…

As suggested by the title of this piece, A Worn Path can be interpreted as a story of a journey that has been previously traveled by the character. Phoenix even lends understanding to this concept when she provides evidence of her knowledge of the path. While traveling she thinks to herself, “Up through the pines….Now own through oaks.” (850) This statement clarifies that Phoenix is completely aware…

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…

A Worn Path by:Eudora Welty; The Aspect of Hidden Life What is the theme of “A Worn Path? I believe the theme of “A Worn Path” is and explaining how, where, and when it develops in the story. To start off, I think that the overall theme of “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty is “Life is a hidden aspect known only to those that know each other. This theme is developed as Phoenix goes on her journey and it is revealed to us that she goes through everything for her grandson, the hidden part of her…