The setting of “A Worn Path” began in rural southern Mississippi along the Natchez Trail. Eudora included the Natchez Trail in many of her stories during her life in Mississippi. Author Benfey Christopher in “The Local and Unlocal Art of Eudora Welty. A Sense of Place” states that Eudora “likes well-traveled roads.” Benfey also quotes Eudora on well-worn paths

As a person reads “A Worn Path,” it can’t go un-noticed that Phoenix Jackson is a unique name. According to Benfey, when Eudora was a little girl, she was an avid reader of Dickens and mythology (Benfey par. 7). Many people think of the mythological character, the Phoenix Bird, when they hear the name Phoenix Jackson. According to mythology, every five hundred years, the bird would cross the desert on a journey to restore its youth. In the story, Phoenix is the character that makes a treacherous journey through the Natchez Trail. Her first name, Phoenix, came from the link between the mythological bird that would travel across the desert all of the time, and the fact of Phoenix traveling the Natchez Trail. Her last name, Jackson, was also unique because it was given to her because Eudora grew up in Jackson, Missi

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