Warning: Use of undefined constant referer - assumed 'referer' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 102

Warning: Use of undefined constant host - assumed 'host' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 105

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 106

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 109
A Worn Path - Term Papers

A Worn Path

A Worn Path

In “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty the author brings you into her short story by utilizing such realistic storytelling and description that as your read, you are not just reading words, you are seeing the story unfold for you in your mind. It is as though you are watching a movie. The description of the old women on the path, the environment as she walks and the attitudes of the people she comes into contact with all blend together to make it not only a story but more like a lesson in history.

Phoenix Jackson is “...an old Negro woman with her head tied in a red rag...” and “…wore an old dress reaching down to her shoe tops, and an equally long apron of bleached sugar ...

Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers

hardship and danger, but with no inkling of fear or worry by her in her journey she is facing.

The hardship of an elderly women embarking on a long walk to town is daunting in itself, but Welty realistically describes other hardships secondary to her environment that causes us to have even more admiration for the trip this old women is undertaking. “The woods were deep and still.” Which I think describes the importance and hardship of this trip. In addition, “…was a place where a log was laid across the creek.” So not only is Phoenix faced with a long journey, there are roadblocks that will test her physical being even more. My favorite was “Big dead trees, like black men with one arm, were standing in the purple stalks of the withered cotton field. There sat a buzzard.” No matter how far Phoenix had gone, there was more standing in her way.

As her age and the environment weren’t enough, Phoenix encounters people on her trip which are in no way helpful. “—a hunter, a young ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.

Already a member? Login

CITE THIS PAGE:

APA
MLA
Chicago
Turabian

A Worn Path. (2014, June 25). Retrieved November 22, 2024, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/A-Worn-Path/104230

"A Worn Path." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 25 Jun. 2014. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/A-Worn-Path/104230>

"A Worn Path." Essayworld.com. June 25, 2014. Accessed November 22, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/A-Worn-Path/104230.

JOIN NOW

Join today and get instant access to this and 50,000+ other essays

PAPER DETAILS

Added: 6/25/2014 01:19:59 AM
Submitted By: shandra
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 595
Pages: 3

Save |

Report

SHARE THIS PAPER

SAVED ESSAYS

Save and find your favorite essays easier