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Worn Path By Eudora Welty Essay, Research Paper

In ?A Worn Path? Eudora Welty?s plot is not all that clear in the

beginning of her short story, but progresses as her character carries on against

all of the overwhelming forces against her. In this short story a black elderly

woman, Phoenix Jackson, must overcome the odds against her as she valiantly

travels through many obstacles in order to contribute to the wellness of her

grandson, for whom she is making this trip down ?a worn path.? It is at this

point that all of Welty?s readers? hearts open up to this poor, elderly

woman as she makes an attempt to carry on her love for her grandson by taking a

long journey down a familiar path in order to get medication that seems to help

ease his sickness pains. However, there are many forces against Phoenix that

Welty includes in her story in order to make Phoenix?s adventure end in a

victory. Poverty, old age, and her journey through the woods are all of the odds

which Phoenix must overcome. Poverty is a major hardship that most of us will

never have to face, but in Phoenix?s case, poverty is present everyday in her

and her grandson?s life. Since she is in this state of poverty, Phoenix is not

able to enjoy life?s luxuries as others do and must make do with what she can.

As she begins her journey, it becomes clear that she lacks the money to pay for

transportation to and from town; therefore, she starts down her path carrying a

?thin, small cane made from an umbrella? (132). Although Welty never really

emphasizes what this is used for the reader can assume that she uses it because

she does not have the money to buy the actual cane needed to help her walk

properly. Another conflict dealing with poverty arouses when she feels it

necessary to steal from a hunter she encounters in the woods. While the hunter

walks away her sneaky ?fingers slid down and along the ground under the piece

of money with grace and care they would have in lifting an egg from under a

setting hen? (134). Here Welty shows that Phoenix must do what she has to in

order to survive. Even though it may not appear right, her poverty forces her to

act in a way that she only knows best. For instance, when people have a barrier

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