Реферат: Worn Path By Eudora Welty Essay Research

As she walks through the dangerous terrain, Phoenix encounters a bush which

fails to let her by: ?Thorns, you doing your appointed work. Never want to let

folks pass, no sir? (132). Welty describes this path that Phoenix chooses as a

sort of obstacle course. She must stretch and shrink her body in order to get

through the almost impassable obstacles. Even though the path may be worn, it is

as if something is trying to hold her back. Maybe it is a way of telling her

that her grandson may never get better and in actuality the medication she gets

for him may not be working as it seems. Welty insinuates this by the

conversation that takes place between the nurse and Phoenix. The nurse asks

Phoenix if her grandson was any better since her last visit to the doctor?s

office for medication (136). Now the reader can conclude that the medication may

never cure him. However, with her determination and motivation her feet keep on

moving. Along with the thorny bushes, a barbed wire fence and a log over a creek

put her in great danger, but Phoenix continues to proceed with her journey.

After all of these setbacks, she then comes face to face with a white hunter.

Welty uses this white hunter as a conflict because it is relevant to the time

the story took place. The reader can assume from looking at the date above the

story that this was a time which racism was a problem. Therefore, the hunter

nags her a while then pulls his gun slowly up to her. Phoenix replies ?I seen

plenty go off closer by, in my day…? (135). What is exactly meant by this?

One possibility may be that Phoenix feels the hunter caught her stealing.

Phoenix also gives the impression that she may have done this before and gotten

caught. Why would Welty add this in her story? It can be assumed that the date

again has strong significance. Well, the possibilities are endless. But, it is

clearly seen that these encounters that she faces are not common in everyday

life. What do all of these setbacks add to her story? They offer the end of the

journey to be more courageous on Phoenix?s part and they give the reader a

sense of open-heartedness towards Welty?s character. This journey through the

woods shows Phoenix?s love for her grandson. With all of the hardships on this