Personal Sacrifice In A Worn Path By Eudora Welty

In life, people go through extreme measures to protect the lives of their loved ones. They show significant dedication by putting themselves last and their family’s well-being first. At times, they even risk their lives so their family can be safe and comfortable. Personal sacrifice signifies the utmost appreciation a person has for someone by making them their main priority, despite the obstacles they may have to encounter. In “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty, Phoenix illustrates personal sacrifice. Although she is older and nearly blind, she is still committed to walking miles along a path where she faces hunger, an aggressive black dog and a confrontation with a white hunter to gain medication for her ill grandson.
“Her eyes were blue with age” (Welty 1), gives the impression that Phoenix was blind or nearly blind, but it didn’t restrain her from accomplishing her main goal of gaining the
The attendant referred to Ms. Jackson as, “a charity case” (Wetly 5). But, instead of it getting to her, she takes the humiliation to be able to get the medication to better her grandson’s throat. Phoenix’s main motivation for undergoing this personal sacrifice is her knowing her grandson is the only person she has left. In other words, like Phoenix said, “We is the only two left in the world” (Wetly 6).
In conclusion, Phoenix Jackson exhibits personal sacrifice throughout the story with how she risks her life with the many harmful encounters she faced throughout the path to the city. From crawling under barbed-wire fences to facing the white hunter, Phoenix showed determination and courage. Her main goal was getting the medication, even if it meant risking her life, she didn’t mind or care. This is personal sacrifice because she goes out of her way, despite the fact that she is blind and elderly to make sure that she gets the medicine to cure the only person she has left in her