The Worn Path
Eudora Welty
Simply dressed in an apron made of bleached sugar sacks, Phoenix Jackson leaves home for an excursion, over mountains, through fields, and across the creek, all to get he sick grandchild medicine. The journey is not easy as she walks with a cane to shake bushes to scare out animals, gets caught up in thorns, and falls into a creek when a young hunter has to come and help her up. We find out that Phoenix goes through all of this trouble every time that her grandson runs out of medicine.
Phoenix's identity is pure because she goes through so much trouble just to he…
