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Character Analysis Of Phoenix Jackson

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When Eudora Welty finished her studies, she went back to Jackson, Mississippi, she began her career of writing short stories (Kirszner and Mandell, 2012). According to Kirszner and Mandell (2012), “In “’A Worn Path, ‘” Welty creates a particularly memorable character in the tenacious Phoenix Jackson, and through her she explores a theme that transcends ace and region” (p. 386). The story depicts an era of time when hardship was common for the black inhabitants during the 1930’s. There were many African Americans who fled the South and moved where they could survive and receive a proper education. Needless to say, for those African Americans who remained did not leave had to live a life with people who were prejudice and had to live a life filled with problems and cruel treatment. There were moments when Phoenix could have turned around to abandon her mission in the short storyA Worn Path”, but she did not because of her love for her grandson. When Phoenix, the young boy’s grandmother, set out to get the medicine for the young boy, she had traveled the same path many times before; however, this time it was on a cold day in December. Phoenix made her way with her can ticking in the ice as though it had sounds as that of a clock ticking, and her cane would be her weapon should the critters approach her. Furthermore, Phoenix’s voice may have very well may halted the animals in their place. As the grandmother gets to the top of the hill knowing she still has go down makes a

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