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Phoenix jackson biography
A Worn Path
Short story by Eudora Welty
| "A Worn Path" | |
|---|---|
publication | |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Published in | Atlantic Monthly, vol.
, no. 2[1] |
| Publication type | Magazine |
| Media type | Short story |
| Publication date | February |
"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty is a short story about an elderly African American woman who undertakes a familiar journey on a road in a rural area to acquire medicine for her grandson.
She expresses herself, both to her surroundings and in short spurts of spoken monologue, warning away animals and expressing the pain she feels in her weary bones.
Plot
"A Worn Path" is told in the third person point of view.[2] "A Worn Path" follows an elderly African American woman named Phoenix Jackson as she ventures toward a town.[3] The story is set in Natchez, Mississippi during the Great Depression era.[4] As Phoenix journeys along the Natchez Trace, she periodically encounters many obstac