A Worn Path
"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, is the tale of the unstoppable love and careof a grandmother for her grandchild. It tells a story of sheer determinationas Phoenix Jackson makes a long journey into town to get medicine for herchronically ill grandson. She strives forward despite frequent obstacles inher way that include her own failing health and the grandchild's slim chanceof survival. Phoenix Jackson is "an old Negro woman" who continues forwardover barriers that would not even be considered a hindrance for the young.This is a journey which she has taken before, and now "the time come around"she must travel it again. She begins her journey to town on "a bright frozenday in the early morning" in December. Phoenix Jackson is "very old andsmall ", and walks like the "pendulum in a grandfather clock" ever socarefully with her "thin, small cane made from an umbrella." The description of Phoenix Jackson at the beginning of this story gives thereader a glimpse of how difficult this trip is going to be for an elderlywoman such as her. The description "Her eyes were blue with age. Her skinhas a pattern all its own of numberless branching wrinkles" are indicationsof Phoenix Jackson's old age. She suppo
" Shesits down to rest "when a little boy brought her a plate with a slice ofmarble-cake on it. "Phoenix Jackson encounters many adversities along her journey, but somehowmanages to get through them. She talks to the bush stating "Thorns, you doing your appointed work. He also tries to prevent her from finishing her journey. " She is determined to go down that path despite anything thatmight come between her and getting the medicine for her grandson. At that pointthe man says, "you must be a hundred years old, and scared of nothing. After safely crossing she says "I wasn't as old as I thought. When Phoenix reaches her destination, the reason for her mission is given. The onlything that keeps her from giving up is the love she has for him and the factthat all they have in this world is each other. A nurse recognizes her and inquiresabout her grandson who swallowed lye two to three years ago. rts herself with a cane, striving notto fall with every step she takes. Keepout from under these feet, little bob-whites", because as she says, "I got along way. Inaddition, her shoelaces "which dragged from her unlaced shoes" adds to thechance of her falling on the path.
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