I come to stealing” (Welty 291) it is evident that she feels partially ashamed for taking the nickel that she carefully picked as if she didn’t want the man to see her. Spiritually Phoenix is seemed as a good Christian woman who feels bad for stealing from a man but knows that she needs the money and decides to keep it “God watching me the whole time. Despite this, she is determined to get to through the path, it isn’t the first time she has done the trip, Phoenix is aware of what is the next step to get closer to her goal. I too old, I the oldest people I ever know” (289). Welty describes Phoenix with the strength and the capacity to see for herself that her mental and physically health are being compromised when she says “My sense is gone.
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It can be inferred that such hallucination was caused by the diabetes along with her bad sight when she struggles to recognize a scarecrow no less than 10ft away from her. Welty also describes hallucinations as part of Phoenix, indicating her mental health isn’t good, hallucinating a boy that would bring her a delicious marble-cake in the middle of the woods, to later find it was a tree (289) and just realizing her mind was playing games. Which leads to the impression that our grandma Phoenix was sick, she has diabetes due to her coppery smell.
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Welty describes the main character as an old woman with blue eyes, with graceful wrinkles on her skin and forehead that suggest she has become wise through the years and who still has black hair that dismisses a smell like copper (288).
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The essence of Phoenix and in fact the essence of the story is sacrifice, the sacrifices Phoenix does while walking the path so difficult, to get her only loved one better. The story demonstrates that the love Phoenix has for her only family member left is so strong and pure that it makes her go beyond her own limitations and capacities to make sure she is able to protect and provide what is necessary for her grandson. The story revolves around the many challenges she faces during her trip to get her grandson’s medication in a town far away from their home named Natchez. “A Worn Path” is a short story by Eudora Welty, which depicts the journey of an old African American woman named Phoenix Jackson.