Response Paper: Summary and Reaction In “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty‚ an elderly woman faces racism‚ poverty‚ and demonstrates an amazing example of perseverance as she takes a long‚ strenuous journey to help her beloved grandson. Near the end of the Civil War‚ Phoenix Jackson‚ an old negro woman‚ follows a shabby pathway into town to retrieve medications for her young grandchild‚ who accidently swallowed lye a few years before. During her long‚ exhausting trip on foot‚ Jackson encounters and overcomes
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“The Road Not Taken” Analysis I think that in “The Road Not Taken”‚ Robert Frost uses the fork in the road to represent humanity’s choices. We will always have to choose in our life and we will always eventually meet a fork in the road. In this circumstance the author is stuck with two choices. “Then took the other‚ as just as fair‚ / And perhaps having the better claim” (Frost 6-7). This path represents the “easy way out” because it was given the “better claim.” Then in stanza 4 he says‚ “I shall
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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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own way of visualizing the descriptions and symbolism used by the author. The three literary pieces‚ “The Road Not Taken” (poem)‚ and the two
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“A Worn Path” The setting in the Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” plays a very important role in the make-up of this story. The story is based in the old south several years ago during the cold month of December. The main character is a very old‚ weak‚ poor‚ and tired African American woman. It is unclear in the beginning for what the lady is on such a difficult mission‚ but the last part of the story makes it clear. She faces many obstacles while on her journey‚ almost as though even nature is fighting
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In the poem The Road not Taken‚ Robert Frost addresses the conflict of life choices. A traveler finds himself with a choice in life‚ which he appears hesitant to make because there is no clear direction. He fears that he will make the wrong decision and realizes that he will never have the opportunity to begin again. This decision will be final and will change the path of his life forever. . At this point I would like to address the choice of gender. I will refer to the traveler as him throughout
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“A Worn Path” Eudora Welty is a famous southern writer who started her career during the Great Depression. In many cases‚ aspects of an author’s stories usually come from their own experiences or are directly reflected by what is going on in the world at that time. It is evident in her short story “A Worn Path” that it is set during times of economic hardship. In this story the main character Phoenix Jackson‚ “Grandma”‚ goes on a journey that takes her through the dark pine shadows of the woods
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The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost Extra Learning Opportunity-American Literature Caleb Eigsti Everything you do in life is a journey. Whether you decide to take a journey of good or not is completely up to each person. The most successful people take a road that is full of challenges and those that just want to get by in life choose the easy road and it will probably lead to nowhere. The easiest thing to do is sometimes take the easy way out of every situation you have in life.
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"A Worn Path” & “The Rocking Horse Winner” 1. In Eudora Welty’s "A Worn Path”‚ Phoenix’s journey a quest in quite a few ways. Firstly because of her appearance “she was very old and small and walked slowly in the dark pine shadows” (Welty 461). It is because of her age and how fragile she seems to be‚ this would make moving in an enormous forest very difficult for someone who wasn’t as fit as they once was. Phoenix’s environment played a part in her journey that were obstacles that were trying
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The Road Not Taken "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost is a poem that is often to simply interpreted by readers. The poem speaks of a common scenario in life. A traveler has come to a crossroads and is forced to make a choice on which "road"‚ or path of life‚ he wants to choose. Both paths are inspected equally‚ and the traveler makes a choice and continues down the road. The common interpretation is that the author is happy with his choice. He decides to choose the road less traveled‚ and for
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