A Worn Path: A Tale Of Unstoppable Love
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"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, is the tale of the unstoppable love
and care of a grandmother for her grandchild. It tells a story of sheer
determination as Phoenix Jackson makes a long journey into town to get
medicine for her chronically ill grandson. She strives forward despite
frequent obstacle ....
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.... how difficult this trip is going to be for an
elderly woman such as her. The description "Her eyes were blue with age.
Her skin has a pattern all its own of numberless branching wrinkles" are
indications of Phoenix Jackson's old age. She supports herself with a cane,
striving not to fall with every step she takes. She wears a "dress reaching
down to her shoe tops" along with "an equally long apron of bleached sugar
sacks, with a full pocket." This just adds to her difficulties. As she
begins he ....
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