In the story, "A Worn Path," Eudora Wetly tell of an old woman living in a time when racial prejudice is a common and serious issue. Phoenix Jackson is a grandmother who cares for her grandson so much that she risks her own life frequently. The strength of love makes people do or say unusual and amazing things. The central idea of the story is that love can motivate someone to overcome many life-threatening obstacles that would usually be impossible. This idea is shown in the story by and old woman conquering all odds to help her grandson in any way she can. Throughout the story Phoenix Jackson has to overcome many types of obstacles that hinder her in her travel to get medicine for her grandson.
             One of the main obstacles that stands in her way is her physical capability. Phoenix Jackson is very weak and feeble because of her old age; that makes her long journey very dangerous to begin with. The journey itself is not easy in any way, either. She crosses many obstacles that go as far as to maker her weave and duck under a barbed wire fence. Her feeble body cannot handle such tasks at her age and health. Another obstacle is that she must cross over a fallen tree that lies across a creek. This requires concentration, skill, and ability. Phoenix bare makes it by and is lucky to have done so. Her love is strong enough to give her that power to overcome these trials. She realizes that if she were to die then, the fate of her grandson would be perilous. She knows that she must complete her mission.
             There are also mental obstacles that obstruct Phoenix's journey. She has to defeat her weariness and her mental fatigue. Often, when she is walking, her mind play trick on her. One time, she is in the field and mistakes a scarecrow for a dark mysterious figure that she is frightened of. Another time, she talks to herself and the animals in the woods. She tells them not to get in her way because she has a lon...