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    only to rhino or a porcupine; a kind of confrontational and withdrawal syndromes respectively. And these‚ may affect our family members. Dealing with our internal emotions is the part that drains us; not so much from external physical work. This is what it will happen if we do not know how to manage this part of our soul. We may close our eyes‚ but our brain may not be resting. Before we come to our senses‚ another day is dawning. We wonder why we are still tired. If ever we still remember God‚ we

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    The short stories‚ "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Catherine Anne Porter and "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty‚ have many similarities as well as differences. Both stories have a simple plot with a theme that is symbolic of their lives. These stories include great characterization‚ description of elements in the stories‚ and the point of view. <br> <br>Granny Weatherall is characterized as a very old lady who is extremely stubborn and bedridden. Granny Weatherall is a sickly old lady in denial

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    A Worn Path VS A Rose For Emily In the pages of the short stories‚ A Worn Path and A Rose For Emily we are able to see a similar side and connection between the two. As we look at the theme‚ tone‚ and morals we are able to better grasp the conflict in these two stories‚ while detecting whether the two protagonists‚ Miss Emily and Phoenix Jackson are mentally crazy. The main moral in A Worn Path is the love‚ and life of Phoenix Jackson. The path she travels across interrupts her life. Her

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    In the story‚ “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty‚ I think the author expresses a theme of love. Welty portrays the main character‚ Phoenix‚ with the settings and symbolism throughout the story to persuade the audience that with love in your heart‚ you can achieve everything. The setting throughout Phoenix’s trip showed that she faces many challenging troubles‚ but she’s still willing to travel a long trip for her grandson. As she went on with her trip‚ she said‚ “This is the easy place. This is easy

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    This marked a sense of departure from the men dominated principles. Eudora Welty: "A Worn Path" When the story of women is told‚ it is always one of will power and struggle. In as much as some stories do want to accentuate this by weaving around romance‚ most at times‚ the same romance has been definitive of the struggle. Phoenix is an elderly

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    In Eudora Welty ’s "A Worn Path" the conflict was not apparent at the very beginning. What was a poor‚ elderly sick woman doing gallivanting in the forest during the dead of winter? The reason became clear towards the conclusion of the story as the action revealed that the conflict was obtaining the necessary medicine for her grandson. When this conflict became obvious‚ another question came to mind. What kind of society did this woman live in that she had to go all the way from her home in

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    Sykes‚ Dennis J. “Welty ’s THE WORN PATH.” Explicator Vol. 56‚ Issue 3 (1998): 151. Literary Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. 30 July 2013 Sykes’s Analysis of Welty ’s “The Worn Path” In this article‚ Dennis J. Sykes offers an analysis of Eudora Welty ’s “A Worn Path.” The story relates the adventures of protagonist Phoenix Jackson‚ an ancient black woman‚ around 100 years old‚ according to Sykes‚ who undertakes a long and arduous journey from her outlying home to the nearest town. The

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    received 24.09 points out of 25.00 points total. Life is full of choices we make that lead us down roads called journeys. Journey’s shape our life and our perception of our life and other’s lives. Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty both share the same theme‚ which is a journey. Each indicate that life is a journey‚ and the outcomes of the journey are based on the choices we have made in life. In one literary work‚ we have the right of choice while in the other

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    Literary Analysis on "A Worn Path" In "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty‚ the protagonist Phoenix Jackson helps portray the theme that people will do anything for whom they love. Everyday people are going out of their way to make either a theoretical or literal journey to help someone they love. In the movie "The Notebook" a man tells the story of his and his wife’s whole life every day to his wife because she has Alzheimer’s and can’t remember who she is. He does this not only because he loves her‚

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    short story‚ “A Worn Path”‚ Eudora Welty predicts that one never knows where a path will end up leading them through conflict and symbolism. Phoenix Jackson warns that one never knows where a path will end up leading to. In the short story “a Worn Path”‚ Phoenix Jackson goes through many obstacles on the path to find medicine for her “grandson” (Welty). Phoenix is on a mission to retrieve treatment for her grandson. She is willing to face anything that gets in the way of her path leading to her

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