Phoenix Jackson in A Worn Path by Eudora Welty

A dim Path, by Eudora Welty, is the history of phoenix Jackson, an elderly woman who undergoes a journey which leads her to a nearby town. To most, this journey would seem ingenuous and straightforward. Although, for genus capital of Arizona, it seems that this journey that she takes often into town, takes a physical and mental doorbell on her. As to why she keeps on taking these trips into town, its because of her ailment stricken grandson. In a synapsis, phoenix goes by means of certain obstacles; climbs a hill, make her counsel through some woods, climbed through a fence, and crossed a stream by pass on a locomote log over the water. curtly after she falls into a ditch, helpless, a hunter strolls by and rescues her. M any would say that yes, Phoenix underwent a feat of a challenges to go into town, but any elderly would have suffered the aforementi unmatchedd(prenominal) hardships that she did. Welty did not plaster a brain of heroism at all, even when she went int o the pharmacy; thither was no presence of posture or authority.\nThis trip, if any handsomeg, could be emblematic to such cliches such as a heros quest. The woods, the obstacles, the feeling Welty paints the story in, could all contribute to Phoenixs character. Firmly, she silent is not a hero, and the yet battle she is facing is surrounded by her and the path that she is on. The battle itself is provided rough because of her circumstances of age. Phoenix is weak, and frail, she cant even support herself without her thin cane. Its admirable what she does for her grandson, but the supposition of it being heroic unavoidably to be dismissed. Realistically it unaccompanied shows that Phoenix is persistent and stubborn. She needs to learn to take contend of herself and not strain her proboscis so much. This is just one of looking at it, my way.\n express countless of times, Phoenix as a character represent by Welty is not a hero in the truest sense of the word. Yet lets tak e tint back and view Phoenix from the grandsons point of view. Even though Welty did not write extensively ab...