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    A Worn Path by Eudora Welty illustrates a woman making a journey through the forest where she is in tuned with nature‚ but slowly becomes confined when she arrives at the city. A Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe shows how characters go back and forth from feeling free or trapped. In both “A Worn Path” and “The Cask of Amontillado” the authors describes the emotions of the characters by using the setting‚ “A Worn Path” the setting of the story is the actual path she was taking through the forest

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    In A Worn Path by Eudora Welty a very heroic old woman goes on a quest for a loved one. Phoenix Jackson is an elderly woman who goes on a heroic quest for her grandson’s medicine. Phoenix overcomes many difficulties in her long and dangerous quest. Phoenix ends up traveling a long distance all for her grandson. This makes her heroic because she does it all out of love and determination for her grandson. Phoenix Jackson starts her journey because her grandson needs medicine. She has gone on these

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    short story about a painful and tedious trek an aged grandmother endures she has made for the last three or four years to the city with one intention in mind‚ to get a medicine for her chronically ill grandson. On a cold December day she repeats the same journey again. As we read‚ it appears to be about a long journey the woman has made throughout the entire story‚ but by carefully examining the theme‚ it tells us that there is a greater message than just a long trek. In the story "A Worn Path" by

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    Like A Bird In the story “A Worn Path”‚ Eudora Welty compares the character of Phoenix Jackson to the phoenix‚ a mythological bird. The phoenix is a bird that lives for five hundred years‚ bursts into fire at death‚ and then is reborn from the ashes. Certain references‚ images‚ and events in the story show how Phoenix Jackson is related to the phoenix. There are several instances in the story that prove she is like a bird. Phoenix Jackson is making a long trip to town. Welty mentions that Phoenix

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    really make a person are the actions we take when we encounter obstacles. Life is an obstacle course in which we have to overcome in our lifetimes. In A Worn Path an older woman by the name of Phoenix Jackson takes a long road full of hardships to achieve a goal‚ which is to get medicine for her grandson. Not only does Phoenix of A Worn Path represent struggle but how we overcome this struggle to achieve a sense of achievement or a goal. Throughout time‚ people have been going through life’s obstacles

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    “A Worn Path” In the short story “A Worn Path”‚ Eudora Welty tells of Phoenix who is living during a time period of racial discrimination‚ prejudice‚ and segregation. Phoenix Jackson is a very frail African American woman whose eyes are blue of age; her skin is stained with patterns of countless wrinkles telling of her hardworking years‚ her face is worn and tired but illuminated a golden ray of light. The story tells of Phoenix slowly strolling down a threadbare road making her way to town for

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    Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” is a story that emphasizes the natural symbolism of the surroundings. The main character in the story‚ Phoenix Jackson‚ is an old black woman who seeks out to find medicine for her sick nephew. This story contains a motif‚ which is the continuous walking of Phoenix Jackson throughout her journey. She lives in the pinewoods and faces the challenging experience of walking through the snowy‚ frozen earth to get to the hospital in the city of Natchez

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    In Eudora Welty’s short story “ A Worn Path ”‚ the author uses visual imagery and apostrophe to characterize Phoenix Jackson as a poverty stricken elderly woman. Phoenix Jackson is portrayed as a very poor elderly woman by the way Welty describes her apparel. Her clothes weren’t made from traditional cloth‚ “ She wore a dark striped dress reaching down to her shoe tops‚ and an equally long apron of bleached sugar sacks”. That piece of her wardrobe is usually kept as a kitchen accessory and usually

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    A “A Worn Path “ ENG 125 Introduction to Literature Instructor: Katie Newbanks 4/25/2011 The Worn Path In the short story‚ “ A Worn Path “ written by Eudora Welty it can be interpreted that Phoenix Jackson is suffering from dementia or some other form of mental illness‚ and that her grandson that she so lovingly speaks of has been deceased for some time. The analytical approach that was used to enhance

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    If you are going to hold out until the last‚ you have to overcome the selfishness and all obstacles by loving others. In the short story “The Worn Path”‚ Eudora Welty brings to life through the use of the character Phoenix Jackson and symbols. The reason why Phoenix takes this journey is to get medicine for her grandson who has been ill for quite awhile. Phoenix encounters a lot of physical challenges‚ obstacles and danger on her way‚ but she overcomes all of them because she loves her grandson.

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