The walk, what she sees and experiences through her senses, rather than what happens, is the best of the story. Phoenix is elderly, very elderly, and she is traveling alone. The prose is wonderfully descriptive and vivid. The story needs more meat and the end feels incomplete. Skeptic that I am, I couldn’t stop wondering if what we have been told is actually true! There is not enough in the story to decide. Note, as she takes the long and difficult journey to the hospital, she never tells us this, and she talks as she walks-to herself, to the animals along the way and to the people she meets, some kind, some mean and one very dangerous. They are willing to give Phoenix medicine if she comes and fetches it herself. His throat has never properly healed it gradually swells up and suffocates him. A nurse at the medical dispensary to which Phoenix has walked tells us that Phoenix is seeking medicine for her grandson. One can take what is told as being true or one can question the validity of what we are told. It is most probably the early 1900s the Civil War is spoken of as having occurred, but long ago.Ī person can read this story in two ways. In this story an elderly black woman, Phoenix, takes an arduous trip by foot into Natchez, a town in southern Mississippi.
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A nurse at the medical dispensary to which Phoenix A free online link to the short story is found here. A person can read this story in two ways. It is most probably the early 1900s the Civil War is spoken of as having occurred, but long ago. The ending seemed unfinished to me which kept me from giving it five stars.moreĪ free online link to the short story is found here. The trip, the people she meets, the things she sees, are so beautifully and vividly described by Welty that it's like watching the movie. Her trip this time is to get medicine for her grandson. "I never did go to school, I was too old at the Surrender", she says. How old is she? "There's no telling", she says. T The worn path is a trail that old Aunt Phoenix has taken since she was a young girl, from her place back off the Old Natchez Trace into the town of Natchez.
The worn path is a trail that old Aunt Phoenix has taken since she was a young girl, from her place back off the Old Natchez Trace into the town of Natchez.
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I would love to immerse myself more fully in one of Welty’s full length novels sometime soon.more An affecting piece of literature and one that I recommend to anyone wanting to sample classic, American southern literature.
Overhead the live-oaks met, and it was as dark as a cave." A Worn Path also reflects the racism and poverty of Mississippi during those times (the story was written in 1941). "Deep, deep the road went down between the high green-colored banks. The reason for her journey is not immediately evident, but Welty’s lovely prose made me feel as if I was on this quest with her. An old woman named Phoenix Jackson makes a journey that, from the title alone, we sense is one she has made many times before. Overhead the live-oaks met, and it was as dark as a cave." A Worn Path also reflects the racism and poverty of This short story by Eudora Welty was both vivid and very moving. This short story by Eudora Welty was both vivid and very moving.
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