A Worn Path By Eudora Welty

“A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty is told from a first person and third person limited point of view. This short story is about a old, African American woman named Phoenix Jackson narrating her journey through the Natchex Trace. She is on her way to get medicine for her grandson and faces many physical, emotional, and social obstacles. The author focuses this story on Phoenix’s perspective of her journey. Throughout her journey, Phoenix talks to herself, her surroundings, and often daydreams and has many flashbacks of her grandson. She comes across many other characters through her journey but the author does not provide the thoughts of any of these characters. However, there is enough information about their character trait and true nature when