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    Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” and Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” is two fabulous short stories made in the 20th century. It shows how the relationship between young and adult is seen at that moment. There is the mother who mainly gives advice to help her daughter and there is the grandma who traveled a long distance to get help for her grandchild. The relationship’s quality between young and adult are oppositely inverse .The following essay will show the communication‚ the motivation and the perseveration

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    Compare and Contrast The short story that was chosen is “A Worn Path” (Welty‚1941) and the Poem chose is “The Road Not Taken “(Frost). ) They both have the same theme‚ content‚ form and style. In this paper you will find that the story and the poem are alike and different in ways as for the symbolism‚ taking the path and facing obstacles along the way. Differences as in one an elderly lady dreams of her grandson‚ the other a man trying to decide what road he wants to take. Phoenix

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    us‚ the readers of these stories and poems‚ to be able to fill in the blanks or mentally visualize what the writer wants us to see through use of descriptive words or symbolism. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ the short story “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty‚ and the short story “Used To Live Here Once” by Jean Rhys I noticed a common theme. No matter what lonely journey we find ourselves on‚ we determine how the journey ends. The lonely journey that each of these literary pieces

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    A Worn Path: Obstacles

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    In the short stories A Worn Path by Eudora Welty and The Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Anne Porter‚ both women overcame several obstacles. In A Worn Path Phoenix Jackson faced obstacles such as her old age‚ physical challenges‚ and how others viewed her. Granny faced obstacles such as dying‚ feeling betrayed from her children‚ and disappointment in her love life. In A Worn Path by Eudora Welty an elderly African American woman named Phoenix Jackson picks a cold December day

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    A Rose for Emily Vs. A Worn Path In the pages of the short stories‚ “A Worn Path” and “A Rose for Emily” we are able to see a similar side and connection between the two. As we look at the theme‚ tone‚ and morals we are able to better grasp the conflict in these two stories‚ while detecting whether the two protagonists‚ Miss Emily and Phoenix Jackson are psychologically splintered. The main moral in “A Worn Path” is the love‚ and life of Phoenix Jackson. “Though quite old and suffering from

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    Symbolism In Life and Death Jennifer Candis ENG 125 Ms. AltfeldFisher June 13‚ 2011 The short stories A Worn Path by Eudora Welty and Used To Live Here Once by Jean Rhys both carry the theme‚ symbolism of a journey. In both writings the authors used people‚ places and things to symbolize something extra‚ expanding the stories into more than just what is read. I chose these stories because they both consist of strong symbolic references to life. Each story was written in a third-person

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    Symbolism of the Journey in "The Road Not Taken" and "A Worn Path" ENG125: Introduction to Literature Deborah Duff Joshua Davis 11/ 05/ 2012 Symbolism of the Journey in "The Road Not Taken" and "A Worn Path" When reading a short story or a poem it is not possible to comprehend the author’s true meaning of his or her written word without implementing symbolism to bring the literary work to life. Sometimes the symbolism can be interpreted differently by

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    sanctions the reader of these literary forms to be able to mentally visualize what the author would like the reader to visually perceive by use of symbolism or descriptive wording. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” (Frost‚ 1916) or short stories “A Worn Path” Welty‚ 1941 or “Used to Live Here Once” (Rhys‚ 1976) – There is a prevalent theme. No matter what solitary journey we find ourselves on‚ ‘we’ determine how the journey ends. The solitary journey that each of these literary pieces share is presented

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    A worn path is a short story that features the main character Phoenix Jackson. Her character alludes to a mythical bird that consumed itself in fire after five hundred years and rose renewed from it’s ashes. Phoenix is a very old woman who has a dying grandson that is terminally ill. Her objective is to travel through the woods and retrieve medicine for her ill son. She begins the long journey to town on “A bright frozen day in the early morning”(Welty 462). in december. The story seems to indicate

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    27 May 2013). By 1800 it was the busiest in the American South (Natchez Trace 27 May 2013). Phoenix lives “a way back off the Old Natchez Trace‚” which indicates that the journey along with the fact that it is December is difficult for her (A Worn Path n.d.). The obstacles she

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