Questions For A Worn Path By Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty’s short story “ A Worn Path”, is a short story of an elderly African American woman who travels through this journey that challenges her endorses of not giving up. Writing the story, the author decided to make what the elderly woman was experiences was reality, along with her wild fantasy.This paper will attempt to answer the following questions; Why does the author make the choice on leaving out the grandson, until at the end of story, How does the author relate realtics issues within the story , and what does the obstacles that were in the story represent. Analyzing these questions one will also be able to understand how Welty uses the teachings of race and class, and reality to force the reader not only think about what
they are reading, but to also put it into a critical context, connecting it with major discussion.
In 1940, Eudora Welty published a short story is surrounding Natchez Trace and the town of Natchez, the main character, Phoenix Jackson which is a elderly African American woman who goes on a quest to the big city, along the way she passes through several stages that tests her strength to keep moving on. Looking at the story one can see how the author made use of Phoenix surrounds in way to explain day to day issues that