Long Path

vision is bad. Phoenix wore a long, dark dress and an apron made of sugar sacks. She also wore a red rag on her head, she had wrinkles in her face, and the shoes she wore were unlaced. She carried a thin umbrella that she used for a cane. After reading Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path,” we see Phoenix Jackson as an old woman who lives life in her own reality. Phoenix Jackson has a grandson whom she cares for. The child swallowed some lye years ago and Phoenix travels a worn path to town in order…

Perseverance “When the going gets tough, the tough gets going” Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” "Out of my way, all you foxes, owls, beetles, jack rabbits, coons and wild animals!… Keep out from under these feet, little bob-whites… Keep the big wild hogs out of my path. Don't let none of those come running my direction. I got a long way." (3) “She carried a thin, small cane made from an umbrella, and with this she kept tapping the…

gifts for each other. The setting takes place during Christmas holiday. Jim and Della both admire what they possess already and want to enhance their worldly possessions (Jim’s gold watch and Della’s long hair). They both sell what they admire and possess in the world; the young wife has beautiful long hair and wants to buy her husband a chain for his shiny gold watch and Jim sell his gold watch for combs for Della’s hair. When Jim and Della confront each other with their gifts for each other…

separates these two eras of writing is astounding. However, subtle differences are present within. Such similarities in story structure, characterization, and conveyed messages connect James Fennimore Cooper’s “The Deerslayer” and Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”.…

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…

Phoenix is the main character, and protagonist of Eudora Welty’s short story “A Worn Path”, Written in 1941. Throughout the story, we follow Phoenix on a long journey that she is taking through the woods, for which we are at first given no origin point or destination. On her journey, we see Phoenix display a memory both with incredible ability, and with faults of old age. We also see her encounter and overcome many obstacles set by both her environment, and her poor eyesight, a symptom of old…

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…

An anonymous writer once said, “Is there anything more wonderful than a grandmother’s love for her grandchildren? It is just pure love nothing but pure love". In Eudora Welty’s short story, “A Worn Path”, Phoenix Jackson embodies a loving grandmother that would do anything for her sick grandson. While the difficulty of her unexplained journey her body and her mind never pleads her to stop. Phoenix’s perseverance is demonstrated by the meek fact that she keeps walking. She encounters many…

In the film American History X directed by Tony Kaye, he tell the story of morden day narzi’s (Neo Narzi). Tony uses many film techniques to portray the life of Derek Vinyard and his brother Danny Vinyard. In this movie Derek goes to prison and the experience changed his view on black people. The purpose of the first scene was to show how dark and twisted Derek’s past was. For example the kurb stomp scene, where Derek brutally murders a black man. The purpose of the second scene was to show how…

wild hogs out of my path. Don’t let none of those come running my direction. I got a long way.” (Welty, 2013, p.22). In Eudora Welty’s 1941 short fiction “A Worn Path,” the audience is introduced to an elderly woman called Old Phoenix. Phoenix faces a path that she has traveled many times to obtain some medicine for her grandson’s health. However, Phoenix comes across many obstacles and social forces that make her journey strenuous. Although, she always makes her way through the path to collect…