A Worn Path By Eudora Welty Analysis

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“A Worn Path” Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” is a nationally known narrative about Ms. Phoenix Jackson. Ms. Jackson is in many ways a hero for going such a long distance, through some difficult obstacles for her very sick grandson. Ms. Jackson, an elderly woman with memory issues must overcome obstacles around her on her way into town, including a large hill that ends at the log over the creek, an old cotton and dead maze field, and the final leg of her journey, the ravine in the woods. Ms. Jackson, coming up on her first obstacle, is feeling tired and overwhelmed about the journey ahead of her. As she begins walking up the large hill her feet are already hurting. She has been walking for a while before she came up on the first obstacle so her feet should be hurting. She states that “The path run up a hill. ‘Seem like there is chains about my feet, time I get this far.’”(288) She has made the journey many times in the …show more content…
Ms. Jackson feels like the dog knocking her down was life’s way of getting her spirits down. Unable to make it to her feet by herself, she begins to feel sorrow as she was letting her grandson down by not getting the medication he was in need of. Ms. Jackson, with the help of a racist hunter, was able to make it to her feet. She is overjoyed that she is out of the ravine and can continue her journey into town. Although the racist hunter is bound and determined to get her spirits down, Ms. Jackson does not let him. He threatens Ms. Jackson, but she stands her ground and continues on her way.
“The man came back, and his own dog panted about them. ‘Well, I scare him off that time,’ he said, and then he laughed and lifted his gun and pointed it at Phoenix. She stood straight and faced him. ‘Doesn’t the gun scare you?’ he said still pointing it. ‘No sir. I seen plenty go off closer by, in my day, and for less than what I done,’ she said,