Malerie Martin ENGL-2103-M03/ Literary Interpretation Dr. Robertson 3 November 2016 Continue On: A Hopeful Journey Ralph Waldo Emerson once said‚ “Life’s a journey‚ not a destination.” In the story “A Worn Path”‚ Phoenix‚ an elderly black woman takes it upon herself to challenge her inner strength to a long‚ interesting journey to town. In life we know that every individual is different and the way we chose to handle certain situations in our life is different as well. There are two kinds of
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A Worn Path The Journey of Life The story is based on an elderly Negro women’s journey into town for medicine for her grandson. While overcoming challenges her character is born. Along the way she encounters physical Challenges‚ obstacles and danger. She climbs hills‚ crosses streams‚ crawls under barbed-wire fences; she faces dangers while out in the wilderness and a hunter who threatens her life with a gun. This happens on a single trip to town in December early in the morning. Phoenix is
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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‚ negro-woman‚ who faces daily obstacles‚ during a time when black Americans were treated unjustly and unfairly. The traveled path she is traveling parallels the obstacles that African
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will guide a person to go above and beyond to prove that anything will be done 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
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two stories. Phoenix’s alienation is caused by her race and the narrator’s alienation is caused by his race also. Phoenix is an African American woman living in America right after the Civil War. So her alienation was caused by discrimination by whites. The narrator was overseas in Italy and he had been injured in the war while fighting with the Italians. He received a medal simply because he was an American so the other soldiers in Italy alienated him. Phoenix’s response to alienation is that
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along with many other things. The word determination is defined as‚ “the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose.” Will-power is‚ “the strength or will to carry out one’s decisions‚ wishes‚ or plans.” In the short story A Worn Path by Eudora Welty‚ the main character Phoenix carried out the meaning of these two words throughout the whole story. She had experienced many road blocks during her journey‚ but she did not let them stop her from reaching the goal she had at the time
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For the Love of Family Love‚ commitment‚ and sacrifice kept my family together. Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” reminded me of this as I read how her sincere selfless devotion and perseverance overcame all obstacles she came across. Just as Phoenix Jackson in the “Worn Path” sacrificed her time‚ health and even a precious acquired nickel (243) for the love and care of her grandson‚ my Aunt Mae Nell and Uncle Chuck sacrificed their home‚ lifestyle and finances to become the full time guardians of
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Perseverance: A Worn Path on the Road Less Traveled ENG 125 August 1‚ 2011 Perseverance: A Worn Path on the Road Less Traveled How many lives are squandered‚ living life day to day‚ taking the easy road? While this type of life choice requires little effort‚ consequently‚ it yields little in return. As the inspirational author‚ Rick Warren encourages‚ we should all desire to live “A Purpose Driven Life” (Warren‚ 2002). The Gospel of Luke declares that to whom much is given‚ much is required
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In the readings about men and women‚ there were two stories that stuck out for me. Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” and "Shiloh‚" by Bobbie Ann Mason. To me these stories had many peculiar similarities. I felt that there were so comparable that there seemed to be a true connection between these two novels. In the short story "Hills like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway we were presented a man and his girlfriend. They order a couple drinks as they wait for a train. As the
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The story “A Worn Path” written by Eudora Welty takes place in the 40’s and is of an elderly Negro woman who makes her way on a familiar journey into town to obtain some medicine for her young grandson. In this story‚ Welty describes scenarios where Phoenix Jackson faces many conflicts‚ while heading to the rural part of town‚ with nature and society all while enduring her physical conflicts that make taking this journey a little more challenging than someone in their earlier years of age. I will
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