Criticism of Welty’s “A Worn Path” Atul Aggarwal Madison Ridgeland Academy Abstract Published in 1941‚ “A Worn Path” was written in a time of great moral decline as WWII‚ the Holocaust‚ and civil rights for African-Americans were all major issues. After being inspired by an old African-American lady she saw walking on the Natchez Trace‚ Eudora Welty wrote “A Worn Path” to remind the world of human life’s true meaning. The story follows Phoenix Jackson and her journey to Natchez to obtain throat-soothing
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winter. She has to endure the physical trails of going on this journey‚ because it’s hard for an old woman to travel in the snow. Especially in December. Phoenix pays no mind to the snow. She has to travel from her home‚ into the woods‚ and into town. She also used her obstacles to be her motivation in a way. The readers are the only ones who thinks Granny Phoenix won’t survive on the trip. Phoenix has no doubt in her mind. In “A Worn Path‚ Eudora creates a tone of hope by using images of struggle.
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The poem I have chosen is “The Road Not Taken‚” written by Robert Frost. The reason I chose this poem is because I believe this poem has stood out from the others. While reading the poem‚ the lyrics drew my attention. It made me realize that this poem is real‚ an everyday thing. “ The Road Not Taken‚” is about a person and how the choice they have made has affected their life. Choices affect you and all your other decisions that you may face later on in life. This made me feel like everything has
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caught my interest was‚ “The Road not Taken”‚ by Robert Frost (1916). Even though this poem may not affect someone else who reads it‚ I enjoyed its so much. This poem means different things to each person that reads it. I connected with this poem because sometimes I wonder how my life could have been different had I chosen a different road! When I consider this poem both roads were a lot alike—the speaker seems satisfied with the choice‚ and knows that leaving the other road for future travel is not
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Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” In the first stanza‚ Frost is telling of how he sees two roads‚ but he cannot possibly take both. The first road he looks at can only be seen as far as a near curve with undergrowth. The second road he sees has a grassy path and “want[s] wear.” In the third stanza Frost debates which path to take and decides to leave the first road for another day‚ if he decides to ever come back. The fourth and final stanza of the poem tells how Frost is telling the tale with
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I choose to write about Phoenix Jackson from the story A Worn Path that was written Eudora Welty in 1941. The literacy work that Phoenix seems to display is figurative speech. Phoenix Jackson interests me because she was determined‚ thoughtful and unbreakable. Phoenix is a brittle older black woman who travels a long distance in the woods in the coldest time of the winter to town to get medicine for her ill grandson. During her walk‚ she encountered several things that tried to stop her from reaching
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“The Road Not Taken” “ The Road Not Taken’‚ by Robert Frost is about a man who chooses one path but is curious and questions the other. The man feels a sense of regret later on in the poem because he would most likely never take the other path ever again. Two primary themes that are developed in this poem are no matter what you are doing in life you’ll be fine and to just go with it because you can’t go back in time. “I shall be telling this with a sigh” (Frost‚16). This states how the man was
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the owner. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost supports the idea of this quote; however‚ “Untraveled Road” by Thousand Foot Krutch does not. The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost goes along with the theme of the quote by Bodie Thoene. For example‚ in the poem Frost says‚ “I took the other‚ as just as fair” (Line 6)‚ stating that he took the better road that looked just as beautiful and less taken. In this line‚ Frost is making a difficult decision‚ and is taking the path of his choice
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understanding of the poem they are reading. Robert Frost’s‚ “The Road Not Taken” is a perfect example of this. The poem is about a man who is in the woods and he arrives at a fork in the road. However‚ this fork in the road is a very important choice and he takes his time to make his choice. In this piece of poetry Frost implements many examples of literary devices. However‚ he uses three that really help readers understand this poem. In “The Road Not Taken” Frost uses metaphor‚ tone‚ and imagery to an extent
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A WORN PATH This is a very powerful story set sometime after the Civil War I believe in the late 1860’s or 70’s for the old black women has stated that "I never did go to school for I was too old at the surrender." This leads me to believe that she would have been born somewhere around the 1850 and at the age of 14 would have been too old to go to school. It was time for Motherhood at that age. Her name is Phoenix‚ which by itself should be a hint to the reader for a Phoenix‚ was a large mythical
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