Analysis of "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty

A Sense of Accomplishment Sometimes our life is like an obstacle course, consisting of obstacles in which we have to overcome. Eudora Welty's short story "A Worn Path" takes place on a "bright, frozen day" in December. The figure of an old Negro woman—Phoenix Jackson—emerges. She represents struggle, but most of all she represents determination. As she makes her way toward town in a path she seems to have taken many times before, …showed first 75 words of 534 total…

…showed last 75 words of 534 total…and every person has their own paths to follow with their own hurdles to overcome. Works Cited Butterworth, Nancy K. "The Critics." Eudora Welty: A Study of the Short Fiction. Ed. Gordon Weaver, et al. New York: Twayne, 1997: 225-234. Heller, Terry. "A WORN PATH." Masterplots II: Short Story Series. Vol. 6. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Pasadena: Salem, 1986: 2713-2715. Welty, Eudora. "A Worn Path." Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense. 7th ed. Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace, 1998: 437-443.