I personally liked the written story of "A Worn Path" better than the movie. I really did not notice many differences between the two. However, I felt that the story left more to my own imagination that did the film. .
In both the book and movie, we see an old Negro woman walking from her home in the country to town. She is wearing the same clothing in the film as described in the story. She takes the same path and meets the same characters. Yet in the story, I am allowed to pick the shade of color of her red rag and the length of her dress. In my mind I picture Cleo, our old next-door neighbor, who used to work in her flower garden. I see the scarecrows from my Papa's garden hanging from an old t-post with two broken brooms for arms, and papa's old straw hat on top of his head. In the film, I see the scarecrow created from the imagination of another. I see the size of the creek she must cross, and the age of the log she must trust. The little boy of her imagination is the boy that I see. He has blonde hair and he is wearing shorts held up by suspenders. In the film, the slice of cake is the one I conjure up from those I have eaten in the past. When the old woman falls, I feel her!.
fall into the ditch after the black dog scares her. I remember when a big dog scared me once. I see two very different dogs - the one that scared me and the one I loved as a child. I picture a white hunter dressed in camouflage, carrying all kinds of hunting gear. He reminds me of a man that my Uncle had to make leave his property one day. The lady in my mind who ties the old woman's shoes is young and kind, and very pretty. The nurse is one that I can relate to, and the doctor's office is a place that I have been to before. Even the degree on the wall is one that I, too, long for. When the old woman talks about getting her grandson a pinwheel, I remember a blue pinwheel that my sister got from the smoke shop when I was little.
A Worn Path Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" is a fantastic journey through an elderly woman's daily struggles. ... At first, the reader almost seems to be able to walk with Phoenix on her path because the description of her surroundings is so well stated. ... This brief description of the plot of "A Worn Path" is minimal in comparison to how interesting the story really was. ...
Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" tells the story of Phoenix Jackson, an elderly black woman living in the early to mid twentieth century. ... The significance of the title of "A Worn Path," however, lies in its complexity and in its many interpretations. ... Within the context of this particular interpretation, the keyword "worn" in "A Worn Path" implies that this path has been traveled many times before by Phoenix. ... Indeed the "path" is "worn" as a result of Phoenix's repeated trips to the town for her grandson's well being, and driven by her love for him, she will most lik...
One of her most well-known short stories is "A Worn Path," which she wrote in 1940. ... The setting of "A Worn Path" began in rural southern Mississippi along the Natchez Trail. ... The advantage of being a native of Mississippi has helped Eudora set the setting of "A Worn Path." As a person reads "A Worn Path," it can't go un-noticed that Phoenix Jackson is a unique name. ... Eudora's life in Mississippi and her familiarity with the Natchez Trail greatly influenced the setting and the main character's name in the short story "A Worn Path." ...
"A Worn Path" is a story of an old woman whose human spirit is full of devotion, dignity and high drive that helps her overcome tremendous impediments of life in the name of love for her grandson. ... Phoenix Jackson, as a woman who possesses both qualities, teaches us life lessons to hold onto and experience for ourselves, as we journey down our own "worn path". ... In the story "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, Phoenix Jackson, despite the racial injustice which she was forced to endure in her lifetime, lives up to her name by using her inner strength and wisdom throughout her journey to reach ...
Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" begins as a simple story of an old woman walking through the woods to town. ... In "A Worn Path," Phoenix Jackson seems like a silly, old woman. ... In "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, the exposition is found near the end of the story. ...
A Worn Path "A Worn Path" is a short story that was written by Eudora Weltey. This story was about a little old black lady named Phoenix Jackson who lived way back in the piney woods with her grandson. And every time he ran out of his medication, she would walk a long journey to the nearest town...
A Worn Path "A Worn Path" is a short story that was written by Eudora Weltey. This story was about a little old black lady named Phoenix Jackson who lived way back in the piney woods with her grandson. And every time he ran out of his medication, she would walk a long journey to the nearest town...
A Worn Path / The Lottery Both "A Worn Path," by Eudora Welty, and "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, deal with routine and the impact following a routine can have on people. In "A Worn Path", Old Phoenix shows how as you get older, your capability of doing things become limited which leads you to doing things over and over again following a set of routine. ... In " A Worn Path," as Old Phoenix walked through the woods and got to the top of the hill and gave a full, severe look behind her where she had come and said "Up through pines," then "N...
In her short story, "A Worn Path," Eudora Welty uses many different symbols that convey an underlying meaning that death is lurking around every corner and around every bend in the road. Some of these symbols include the title itself, "A Worn Path," the rustling in the bushes, Phoenix Jackson's dress catching in the bush, and the scarecrow and the black dog. ... The first symbol is the title of the story and how it brings Phoenix Jackson to her journey of "A Worn Path." ... The path Phoenix takes is the path of her life. ... Phoenix Jackson walks a path through the long journey of life. ...
