Dec 22, 2009

A Worn Path | A Worn Path

At a glance:

Author: Eudora Welty
First Published: 1941
Type of Plot: Realism
Time of Work: The early twentieth century
Setting: Natchez, Mississippi
Principal Characters: Phoenix Jackson
Genres: Realism, Short fiction
Subjects: Love or romance, Courage, Women, Grandparents or grandchildren, Charities
Locales: Natchez, MS

The Story

Phoenix Jackson makes her biannual visit to Natchez, walking for half a day in December to reach the medical clinic at which she receives, as charity, soothing medicine for her grandson. Having swallowed lye, he has suffered without healing for several years. Phoenix has made the journey enough times that her path to Natchez seems a worn path. Furthermore, part of that is the old Natchez trace, a road worn deep into the Mississippi landscape by centuries of travelers returning northeast after boating down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

Phoenix is the oldest...

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A Worn Path | A Worn Path

At a glance:

The Story

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