The Two Paths

The momma bear tilts her had, staring at me through angry eyes. I can almost imagine the thoughts whirling around in her huge, furry head. She's wondering if I'm a threat to her baby, protecting him like any mother should do. The cubs quite a bit smaller, with light brown fur and ears that pop up over her head. He doesn't seem afraid of me, more like curious, wanting to explore more then fight. But the momma bear has a different idea, with her sleek, dark brown fur and steal eyes anyone would be…

We all walk our own paths, although some paths are harder than others. In the story “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty, Phoenix Jackson walks a path of devotion. Phoenix is an elderly black woman, and a devoted grandmother to her terminally ill grandson, who swallowed lye. Most characters called Phoenix Jackson “granny” or “grandma”. The white man, which helped her up in the woods, said “you must be a hundred years old, and scared of nothing.” Phoenix also ask a young lady for help tying her shoes,…

"A Worn Path," by Eudora Welty, this is the story of I Phoenix Jackson, an elderly woman who has to undergo a journey to a nearby town. For some people this journey might be easy and straightforward, but for me whenever I have to go into that town it tires me out. The reason for this troubled journey is that my grandson is sick in bed. I had to overcome many obstacles to come across the town like climbing a hill, going through woods, climbing a fence, and crossing going across a stream by the…

Sanctuary An eerie glow from the mountain range reflected in the deer’s fearful eyes as she darted frantically, leaves and limbs brittle beneath her feet due to months of drought. Sensing an avenue of escape from the smoke and embers dancing like fireflies, she headed straight toward the advancing human warriors undaunted by years of instinctive fear. The line opened, offering her safe passage and then closed quickly, charging forward towards the inferno. She ran until her lungs filled with…

This describes the journey of an elderly black woman named Phoenix Jackson who walks from her home to the city of Natchez to get medicine for her sick grandson. The landscape as Phoenix perceives it becomes a primary focus of the vividly evoked narrative, nature is depicted as alternately beautiful and as an impediment to Phoenix's progress. As she walks, she struggles against intense fatigue and poor eyesight, as well as such obstacles as thorn bushes and barbed wire. The combined effects of…

Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” is a short story about an old woman, Phoenix Jackson, going on a heroic journey to save her grandson’s life. Welty uses symbolism to develop the theme of family love Phoenix shows to her grandson. This Mississippi writer uses object, life, and christian symbols to backup the theme of love. Eudora Welty uses object symbols to support the theme of love. The first object symbol uses is life saving medicine. Phoenix’s grandson swallows lye in which makes it difficult to…

If the story, A Worn Path, would have continued, it would tell about her travel back home. Before the story ended, Phoenix Jackson was heading home to give her grandson his medicine. To continue the story, when Phoenix Jackson got back home, she sets the windmill, that she had got at the store with the ten cents that she had acquired on her journey to retrieve he medicine, down on a little table that was sitting beside her grandson, who hadn’t moved from the position that she had last seen him.…

A worn path by Eudora Welty Phoenix Jackson and the phoenix bird of mythology are very similar they both overcome obstacles and keep going no matter what and they both go on a journey. Phoenix jackson and the mythological bird both overcome obstacles. Phoenix jackson overcome obstacles throughout the story when she walking the path she is an older women and it is during the winter and it's cold so her bones are weak and it takes alittle longer for her to do things. She also has something like…

A Worn Path Eudora Welty, the author of “A Worn Path,” implements ways to put her past life and experiences into her stories. Eudora Welty was born in the great Jackson, Mississippi on April 13, 1909, and died July 22, 2001. She attended Mississippi State College for Women, University of Wisconsin, and Columbia University School of Business. Similarly, her excellent writing skills and past life in Mississippi become apparent in her short story "A Worn Path." For example, the story takes place…

“The Possibility of Evil” a short story written by Shirley Jackson describes the protagonist, Miss Adela Strangeworth, as “knowing everyone in town.” On the other hand “A Worn Path” written by Eudora Welty explains a journey taken by an old Negro woman named Phoenix Jackson who was the story’s protagonist. In both these short stories the author purposefully uses a non-participating narrator to help the readers understand the story by developing a detailed setting and not allowing the readers to…