LIT- Ritchey 9/4/13 One Who’s Spirit Never Dies Eudora Welty published “A Worn Path” in 1941. These years were the times after the Great Depression took place and many African- Americans and rural southerners were still in poverty. Along the path Phoenix Jackson takes‚ she encounters many problems and the story line becomes a series of challenges she must overcome‚ which mirror her conditions in society. The significance of the story is the way Phoenix Jackson must face racial discrimination as
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A Worn Path Questions 1. The primary theme of the story is that a good person (like Phoenix) will do her duty and fulfill her obligations no matter how hard it is to do so. She really has a hard time getting to town‚ but she will do it because her grandson needs her – she is all the family he has. 2. Near the ending of A Worn Path‚ readers discover Phoenix‚ the protagonist‚ often goes back and forth from her home to Natchez‚ where she fetches medicine for her ill grandson. Readers can infer
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Ever had to face a contrary impulse by the drive of ambition? When confronted with challenging tasks‚ we intend to endure it with perseverance till the end‚ whether we have achieved the goal or not. In Welty’s work “A Worn Path” seizes the moments of the protagonist as she overcomes her obstacles from every angle. Poe’s character‚ Montresor is also someone who entitled to this but does it in a rancorous way. With all opinions aside‚ these protagonists have attested persistence through strength‚ endurance
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their family to make the best decisions for their health. In The Use of Force and The Worn Path‚ we see two very distinct decisions being made about a child’s health. In The Use of Force a doctor suspects that a child might have Diphtheria‚ and actually has to use force to provide the best medical care in deciding if the child has that deadly disease because the child refused to open her mouth. In The Worn Path there is a woman who has to travel a long distance facing discrimination just to get a
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A Mortal Phoenix During the 1930s‚ many African Americans in the South lives in the segregation‚ suffers poverty‚ lack of education and low social statuses. Living in such society‚ Mrs. Phoenix – the protagonist of the story “a Worn Path” and an African American – stands out as a phoenix that rises from its dust. Her vital physical and social “weaknesses” do not strike her down but instead highlights her persistence‚ dignity‚ sympathy and her selfless love to her grandson. She is‚ however‚ a mortal
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Welty‚ "A Worn Path" (52) Take a look at the quest theme outline on the handout from class. Is Phoenix on a quest? Justify your answer. What is Welty’s message (theme) to her readers? What symbols do you find‚ and how do they connect to the theme? You meet Phoenix as she begins a long quest to a town near her home. She is an elderly woman. Her eyesight isn’t very good and she moves at a slow and steady pace along a very well used path. While on this journey she talks to herself giving herself
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I beleive theme is the main idea of a story or book. The story ¨A Worn Path¨ is about an elderly woman named Phoenix‚ she travels a long way to get medicine for her grandson. Phoenix’s grandson swallowed lye and is very ill‚ while Phoenix travels to get the medicine she comes across many obstacles that does not stop her. I believe the theme of ¨A Worn Path¨ is with great sacrifice come reward. I believe this is the theme because Phoenix sacrifices herself to get the medicine for her grandson and
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In the story “A Worn Path”‚ there is a repetitive comparison between the main character and a mythological creature. The author Eudora Welty chooses Phoenix Jackson to symbolize through color‚ her appearance‚ behavior and overall journey a Phoenix bird. The author gives description to focus on Phoenix Jackson’s age. She says that “her eyes were blue with age”‚ are hints of extreme age. Another description of her the author says “her skin had a pattern all of its own branching wrinkles.” This implies
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Determination‚ strength‚ hope‚ endurance‚ perseverance‚ and love are only a few words to describe the readers feelings while reading this story. The author‚ Eudora Welty‚ screams-silently through her gently placed words in story‚ “A Worn Path”. The inspiring and encouraging phrases spoken to someone‚ “never give up”‚ “keep fighting”‚ “never back down”‚ are the unspoken feeling through the characters perseverance‚ determination‚ and love. The tone in the story is displayed through life of a black
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for the one that person loves. Love as a Christian theme in Welty’s “A Worn Path”‚ is shown through the love a grandmother has for her grandson. God has shown in the Christian faith his undying love for his people by sacrificing his only son. In “A Worn Path”‚ Phoenix also shows the same undying love for her grandson by overcoming many obstacles of trials and life. Welty brings the undying love to life by determination‚ ability to overcome
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