In the short story “A worn path” written by Eudora Welty one interesting character is Phoenix.She is loving,daring and decisive.One technique used in the short story to show the reader why Phoenix is an important character is the third person narrative point of view.This short story is about the determination of a grandmother and how much she had sacrificed for the wellbeing of her grandchild.She has toface different kinds of terrain (hills,forests,fields) along with her already decrepit age.
Phoenix is loving.She is loving becase she beared many obstacles so her grandchilds throat could be cured.For example when she waked through swamps,hillls and jumgles just to go to the city for her grandchilds medecine.This is also shown …show more content…
when phoenix said “you mustn’t wasye your time like this” to the nurse showing love by telling her not to waste time on her.I think that this action of hers hepls to show the reader how much affection she has for her grandson.
Phoenix is daring.She is daring because she knows that something is rinky yet she perserveres and still does it.For example when she picked up the hunters nickel knowing the dangers that come with it.This is shown when Phoenix says “no sir, I see plenty go off closer by, and for less than what I done.” I think that this action helps to inform readers how racist people were at that time in history along with how important that nickel was for her.We also know more about her economy state by showing how desperate she is for that money ont he ground.
Phoenix is decisive.She is decisive because she continues what she is doing even when she realsies how hard the challenge is.For example when she says “something always take a hold of me on this hill - pleads I should stay”.This tells us she is so tired going up the hill that she wants to take a break.But she keeps going so her grandchild can get medecine.
I think this technique helps to show readers how determined Phoenix is.It also shows that phoenix will face any challenge to pursue her goal.
One technique used by the author to show the importancte of Phoenix as character is when she shows Phoenix’s difficulties in depth.This tells us how perservering her character is.For example when Eudora wrote how Phoenix’s dress got caught on the tree and how long it took for Phoenix to take it off the tree.She also said “seem like there is chain about my feet, time I get this far”.This technique helps to show the readers allt he complications Phoenix had on her way.
In conclusion the short story “A worn path” by Eudora Welty is about a main character called Phoenix Jackson. She is loving,daring and decisisve.One technique used by the author is when she expalined why the title is “a worn path.”This is because Phoenix has used this route to go to the town that it has become “worn out” or used to much.I think that this shows the readers why the title is “a worn path” and gives the readers an insight to life in the
1960s.