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Phoenix Jackson One could view Phoenix Jackson as an old granny who might be a little crazy in the head. Another could describe Phoenix as a frail elderly woman who has lived through a lot of life's history. Either accusation could probably be proven true to a certain degree. Phoenix Jackson carries those traits along with many more. Phoenix Jackson was a free-spirited, caring, and gentle elderly Negro woman who lived only to save her grandson's life. Phoenix Jackson was a tough woman for her age. Living only with her sick grandson, Phoenix had little company and no other companions. Therefore, she suffered from being lonely. Living far away from any services of a town, Phoenix would make the difficult journey to the closest town whenever her grandson ran out of his medicine. She was so determined to help her grandson that nothing else really mattered. Phoenix Jackson had a vivid description painted for herself by the author. Phoenix was a small and frail elderly Negro woman. She wore a red rag tied upon her head holding up her yet black, curly hair that fell into ringlets. Upon her, she wore a long and dark striped dress with an equally long apron over the top of it. Upon her feet were untied tennis shoes. She always carried her thin and small cane with her, which was actually an umbrella. Her old eyes were blue with age, and her skin had become a pattern of numberless branching wrinkles. By being able to create a vivid picture of Phoenix, the author has allowed a connection between her character and the reader where the reader can now comprehend Pho... ... middle of paper ... ...igidity. Phoenix did not respond to the nurse addressing her, let alone did she even acknowledge her. Until the nurse questioned if her grandson had died, did Phoenix come back to reality with a flicker and then a flame of comprehension across her face. The author is showing the reader that with old age and her heavy weighed tasks that Phoenix Jackson might possibly be becoming senile. Phoenix Jackson was a free-spirited, caring, and gentle elderly Negro woman indeed. She lived only to save her grandson's life. Phoenix Jackson was a courageous and powerful woman of her time. She was determined and knew what she wanted in life. Phoenix may have had a few downfalls, but she always picked herself up and kept going at whatever she set out to accomplish. There may be a little of "Old" Phoenix Jackson deep down in all of us.

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