A Worn Path

The story ³A Worn Path,² by Eudora Welty, tells the journey on foot of an elderly black women, Phoenix Jackson, from her home to the nearest town. She makes the journey to go to the doctor to get medicine for her sick grandson. On the trip, she runs into some trouble here and there with her dress getting caught in the underbrush and old age getting to her. She encounters a big dog that knocks …

…s encounter with the hunter, trip into the woods and to the doctor¹s office, and memory loss , age and class alienate her from society. Bibliography Aldridge, John W. Critiques and Essays on Modern Fiction 1920-1951. New York:The Ronald Press Company, 1952. Magill, Frank N. ³Eudora Welty.² Critical Survey of Short Story Fiction. California: Salem Press, 1993, 2430-2439. Welty, Eudora. ³A Worn Path.² Literature for Composition. 5th ed. Ed. Sylvan Barnet et al. New York: Longman, 2000