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... years of the civil war and the release of the slaves. Later as Phoenix continues, she sits to rest. While sitting, she witnesses a little boy who brings her a slice of marble cake. Clearly this illusion is brought on by very old age, but it also appears to be a reference by Welty depicting integration in the south, as represented by the black ... ...
... her only family, her grandson. Another incident arises after Phoenix crosses the creek to reveal in depth Phoenix's challenge with senility, when she imagines a little boy brings her a piece of marble-cake. She says to the boy, "That would be acceptable," (para 15) and then she returns to reality and proceeds on her mercy quest. Welty illustrates Phoenix's devotion to overcome ... ...
... is another daring thing she attempts. After safely crossing she says "I wasn't as old as I thought." She sits down to rest "when a little boy brought her a plate with a slice of marble-cake on it." When old Phoenix reaches "to take it there was just her own hand in the air," and nothing else around. Throughout the story, she exhibits signs of ... ...
... is another daring thing she attempts. After safely crossing she says "I wasn't as old as I thought." She sits down to rest "when a little boy brought her a plate with a slice of marble-cake on it." When old Phoenix reaches "to take it there was just her own hand in the air," and nothing else around. Throughout the story, she exhibits signs of ... ...
... Jackson, too, has illusions popping in and out of her mind. In the beginning of the story, when she rests on a log, she sees a young boy bringing her a slab of marble cake. Then when she reaches for it, the cake disappears. Later on she swears that there is a ghost in front of her in the cornfield, and she prepares to battle ... ...
... closed is another daring thing she attempts. After safely crossing she says "I wasn't as old as I thought.? She sits down to restwhen a little boy brought her a plate with a slice of marble-cake on it.? When old Phoenix reachesto take it there was just her own hand in the air,? and nothing else around. Throughout the story, she exhibits signs of senility ... ...
... ? Is Phoenix telling herself that it is not too late to grieve for her dead grandson? Phoenix's vision, that of a little boy who brings her "a little plate with a slice of marble cake on it,"" may very well be the image of her grandson (107). Next, she notices "big dead trees, like black men with one arm standing in the purple stalks ... ...
... settles next to a tree to take rest: " But she sat down to rest She did not dare close her eyes and when a little boy brought her a plate with a slice of marble-cake on it, she spoke to him. "That would be acceptable". But when she went to take it there was just her own hand in the air." It seems as ... ...
