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The Actions Of Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path"

            Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" has actions similar to the actions of a Phoenix. Phoenix Jackson is a old women walking through the woods to get to town for her grandson. Phoenix Jackson is intruded with so many obstacles ,but she keeps going on. A Phoenix is a bird that lived forever by regenerating itself. The similarities of Phoenix Jackson and a phoenix are shown in so many ways. Phoenix Jackson in "A Worn Path" is worthy of her name through her background, description, and characteristics.
             The background of a Phoenix reflect upon the background of Phoenix Jackson. "The Phoenix is a bird that, according to legend, lived for hundreds of years, burned itself to ashes on a funeral pyre, and then rose from the ashes to live again"(312). Phoenix Jackson is similar in so many ways. She is a old women who feels like she lives forever like a Phoenix. Phoenix Jackson started her morning off just like a Phoenix. She always had her cane with her so she could tap the ground in front of her. According to the narrator, "This made a grave and persistent noise in the still air, that seemed meditative like the chirping of a solitary little bird" (306). A Phoenix would always start its morning off with chirping songs. Even though they are different they are alike in so many ways.
             Phoenix Jackson has a description similar to a Phoenix. A Phoenix is made up of bright colors. It is made up of red, yellow, gold, and black. The narrator uses similar colors of describing Phoenix Jackson. She is being described like a Phoenix: "A golden color ran underneath, and the two knobs of her cheeks were illuminated by a yellow burning under the dark. Under the red rag her hair came down on her neck in the frailest of ringlets, still black, and with an odor like copper"(306). The colors used to described the appearance of Phoenix Jackson are the colors of a Phoenix. Even though she is not a bird she is similar in many ways to a Phoenix.


Essays Related to The Actions Of Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path"

1. A Worn Path

The short story I read "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, is the tale of the unstoppable love and care of a grandmother for her grandson. ... Keep out from under these feet, little bob-whites Keep the big wild hogs out of my path" (Welty 306), because as she says, "I got a long way" (Welty 306). ... Phoenix is determined to go down that path despite anything that might come between her and getting the medicine for her grandson. Her actions and desire show that body may be worn out, but the attitude that she takes and desire that she has for the crying hand of her grandson are n! ... (Welty 309)...

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2. A Worn Path

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. The environment she is in creates many obstacles in which her actions against seem unnecessary for such an old woman to take just to get to town. ... In "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, the exposition is found near the end of the story. The actions that take place before the exposition is exposed intrigue the reader and create false leads. ...

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3. Racism in A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

In the short story of Welty "A Worn Path," symbolically demonstrates the difficulties that colored Americans had to endure due to their ethnicity. ... On her way to town, Phoenix says while climbing up the tiresome hill that runs through the path, "Seem like there is chains about my feet, time I get this far. " (Welty A Worn Path) This is an example of how slaves were confined, in which she remembers from her years of being a slave. ... (Welty A Worn Path). ... (Welty A Worn Path). ... (Welty A Worn Path). ...

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4. Taking the Easy Road

" (Warren, 2002) Scripture states in "The Gospel of Luke" that "to whom much is given, much is required." (12:48) In analyzing Robert Frost's, "The Road Not Taken," (as cited in Clugston, 2011, sec. 2.2) and Eudora Welty's, "A Worn Path," (as cited in Clugston, 2011, sec. 6.5), there is a sense of purpose, producing perseverance in the journey of life of each of the protagonists. ... Eudora Welty, on the other hand, utilizes the form of short story. ... Frost chose to use the first person, while Welty chose third person, limited omniscient. ... The other p...

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5. 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 ...

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6. A Worn Path and I Used to Live Here Once

Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" and Jean Rhys's "I Used to Live Here Once" concentrate on one specific theme which is "Journey". ... In the early 1800s, it was a "worn path" that promoted progress (Cummings, 2011). ... In "A Worn Path", Phoenix's love for her grandson was unconditional in that she took the path into town to get his medical supplies. ... In "A Worn Path" the action takes place in December of 1940, in southwestern Mississippi. ... Eudora Welty offers her story of "A Worn Path" in third-person limited omnis...

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7. The Character of Phoenix Jacks

The Character of Phoenix Jackson in Welty's "A Worn Path" Phoenix Jackson is Eudora Welty's main character in "A Worn Path." ... Welty describes a very different Phoenix from the one we have encountered earlier, a Phoenix whose "Deep lines in her face went into a fierce and different radiation." ... All these actions do seem somewhat reckless but, then again, what is bravery if there are no risks involved? ...

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8. The Character of Phoenix Jackson in Welty's "A Worn Path"

In Eudora Welty's short story "A Worn Path" we are introduced to the main protagonist, Phoenix Jackson. ... Here we see that the thing she was afraid of, was more her misjudgment of her capacities, and that because this is a usual path, she knows right away how to overcome the difficulties. ... The action of shutting her eyes is a very helpful one, because it really works. ... Phoenix's actions help us to think that she is a very courageous person. ...

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9. Characerization in A Worn Path

In the short story, "A Worn Path," by Eudora Welty, the concept of characterization examines the relationship between Phoenix and her grandson. ... Through her actions, we learn of Phoenix Jackson's devotion and love for her grandson to make him well. Phoenix Jackson emerges in "A Worn Path" as a character who endures obstacles that test the strength and stability of her body. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

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