WORN PATH Eudora Welty brings the story, “A Worn Path”, to life through the use of the character Phoenix Jackson and symbols. This story detail’s an elderly Negro woman’s journey to town, on a mission of love. Phoenix Jackson, an elderly Negro women is frail, old, and had many handicaps, she lived during trying times, because of her race, and faced many challenges while growing up. The story is based on an elderly …showed first 75 words of 867 total…

…showed last 75 words of 867 total…to a time and place in the south, that people would like to forget but we are reminded with the help of writers such as Miss.Eudora Welty. Bad events need to be remembered so they never happen again. Works Cited Ruth M. Vande Kieft Eudora Welty Queens College (1962) W.Craig Turner, Lee Emling Harding Critical Essays Eudora Welty (1989) Carol Ann Johnson “Eudora Welty A Study of Short Fiction” (1997) “The Critics” Nancy K. Butterworth 225-234