Journey Of Phoenix Jackson In A Worn Path

The Journey of Phoenix Jackson in “A Worn Path.”

Phoenix Jackson is an elderly black woman who struggles to walk, has poor vision, and she is very fatigue. Phoenix Jackson is the symbol of perserverance, stamina, redemption, faces racial prejudice, and life in the face of hardship and death. She is a brave woman who would endure many obstacles to get ,medicine for her grandson. She faces many dangers in the Natchez trail sacrificing everything with determination to make sure her grandson gets better. She has selfless concern for her grandson. The author conveys Phoenix Jackson as a woman of true spirit and self-sacrifice.
Phoenix Jackson is an elderly black woman who has selfless concern for her grandson and she is a woman of christian faith. Phoenix’s name means Egypian bird symbolizing ressurection. She is a Christian woman and she has strong faith in God. During Phoenix’s journey down Natchez trail she came across a hunter she found his nickle and stole it. When she stole the nickle she says “ A bird flew by. Her lips moved. “ God watching me the whole time. I come to stealing.” ( Welty 363). Phoenix is comparing a bird to the watchfulness of God. Phoenix Jackson is a Christlike figure, providing opportunities for others to do good deeds that will

help to redeem their souls. For example, after attempting to drive off the black dog, Phoenix falls into a ditch. Along comes a white hunter. He helps her out of the ditch, just as Simon of Cyrene helped Jesus to stay on his feet under the weight of the cross. In Natchez, Phoenix asks a woman carrying wrapped Christmas presents to tie her shoes. The woman puts the packages down and complies. In the doctor's office, the attendant treats Phoenix rudely but ends up giving her a nickel as a Christmas present.
Phoenix faced many obstacles during her journey through Natchez on the way to the doctors office. It was a day during the month of December it was cold and the ground was frozen. The woods was deep, still, bright, and beautiful. The mood then shifts as her journey gets more difficult. This journey has many obstacles and every obstacle she completes makes her fatigue intesifies and she began to hallucinate. She walks up hills and she felt as if there was chains on her feet. Her dress gets caught on thorn bushes, she crosses logs to get over the creek and climbs through barbed wire fences, she falls because of the dog, the hunter points a gun to her face and helps her up, her shoes need tying when she gets town, and she had memory problems because she forgot why she came all the way to the doctors office. She faced many obstacles because she loved her grandson and she was determined to get his medicine.
People have very little respect for Phoenix and the situation she faces.Phoenix also faces the life of poverty and she endures racial prejudice as part of her everyday life.

The white hunter refers to her as Granny. The narrator does not reveal the race of the shopper, the attendant, and the nurse. However, they are likely white, for they also treat her condescendingly. The shopper calls her Grandma, and the nurse calls her Aunt Phoenix. although, the people she encounters do treat her with respect and kindness. Phoenix Jackson has sheer fortitude and determination to complete her journey she will endure anything and she will not let anything stand in her way. She loves her grandson and she would do anything for

him.
Phoenix Jackson is a brave woman with determination and Christian faith. She went through many obstacles, faced harsh and prejudice people, and poverty. She is a tired elderly woman but she used all of her strength to get to the doctors office to get the medicine. She is a strong lady and she lives everyday with pains of old age and poverty and she helps her grandson with a scarred throat. She loves her grandson more than anything. Phoenix Jackson is a woman of true spirit and self-sacrifice.