A Worn Path

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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 ...

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