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... testing her strength. To pass a barbed-wire fence, Phoenix must "creep and crawl... stretching her fingers like a baby trying to climb the steps"(par 16). Even a small thorny bush becomes a hindrance for old and tired-out Phoenix. Another testament of Phoenix's courage shines through when she crosses the creek a major triumph for an old granny with only an umbrella stick cane ... ...
... include her own failing health and the grandchild's slim chance of survival. Phoenix Jackson is "an old Negro woman" who continues forward over barriers that would not even be considered a hindrance for the young. This is a journey, which she has taken before, and now "the time come around" she must travel it again. She begins her journey to town on "a bright ... ...
... include her own failing health and the grandchild's slim chance of survival. Phoenix Jackson is "an old Negro woman" who continues forward over barriers that would not even be considered a hindrance for the young. This is a journey which she has taken before, and now "the time come around" she must travel it again. She begins her journey to town on "a bright ... ...
... that include her own failing health and the grandchild's slim chance of survival. Phoenix Jackson isan old Negro woman? who continues forward over barriers that would not even be considered a hindrance for the young. This is a journey, which she has taken before, and now "the time come around? she must travel it again. She begins her journey to town ona bright ... ...
... long journey strenuous. Another physical obstacle is that she has to weave and duck under a barbwire fence (246). Her feeble body cannot handle such tasks at her age. The third hindrance she must defeat is that she must cross over a log that lay across a creek (245). This requires concentration, skill, and patients. Even people who are twice as young as Phoenix ... ...
