A strong emotion usually exists when a baby separates from their mother due to their separation anxiety. Emotion influences our behavior and seems to control our actions every moment. A Worn Path and Harrison Bergeron have similarities using emotion as the stimulatory factor to convey both story and develop the characters. Emotions by oneself or the society either help or destroy a person’s well-being by contributing to the choices they made.
In both of the stories, emotion leads the main characters to achieve their goals by enduring through difficulties and showing courage. In A Worn Path, the main character, Phoenix Jackson, has a grandson who swallowed lye and she has to get a medication for him in the town very far away from where they live. Phoenix’s love for her grandson has driven her to walk the path to the
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town with the possible peril awaiting for her. Meanwhile, in the story of Harrison Bergeron, the government took Harrison Bergeron and requires him to wear handicaps to offset his intelligence, strength, and good looks. Harrison’s desire of freedom made him act in contradiction to the law, taking off all the handicaps that limit his full ability. With the risk of the handicapper general taking away his freedom to live, Harrison exposed himself in the television and showed people his capability of dancing that seems more superior than people dancing with handicaps. In contrast, people also have the power to influence other people by showing some negative emotions in which many perceive as “normal” in human nature. Both the stories show the negative emotion coming from the society attempting to discourage the main characters from reaching their goal.
In A Worn Path, a hunter pointed a gun at Phoenix giving her a sense of fear which may have stopped her from pursuing her goal. Another occurrence attempts to prevent Phoenix to get the medication she needed when the attendant gave her an unwelcoming emotion which may have lowered her dignity and caused her to leave. Many people in our society abandon their dreams because they feel that it would lower their dignity if people judge what they choose to do. In the other story, Harrison Bergeron, envy had encouraged the society to pass such laws that limited the people with more advantages like intelligence, strength, and good looks which the main character possessed. When Harrison and the ballerina died, the handicapper general also used fear in order to keep the situation of equalizing people by aiming the gun to the people who took off their handicaps as well. Similar in today’s society of some parts of the world, the people use the concept of “fear” in order to prevent women from practicing their basic human
rights. Emotion both have the positive and negative effect in both of these stories. People may perceive emotion either positive or negative depending on their viewpoint. It shows in the stories how emotion helps people decide what they want to accomplish in life by putting their heart in everything they do and see if it gives them a desire. However, the influence of negative emotion from the society often hinders people from pursuing the dreams that will make them happy.
"A Worn Path," by Eudora Welty is a heartbreaking story about the heroic trip of an old African American woman, Phoenix. The readers won't find out right away the plot of the story or why Phoenix won't give up her exhausting trip to town-the conflict of this story-especially on a very cold day. The title, "A Worn Path," indicates that Phoenix has obviously walked down this path many times before-also the fact that she can cross a creek with her eyes closed confirms the title's message.
Toni Marrison’s “Recitatif” describes his main characters, Twyla’s characteristic appearance on how Twyla seems to be happier on praising her mother’s beauty even she was abandoned. While in “Harrison” Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut defines as his hero who desires to change an equal society in which everyone is equal to anyone including physical appearance, such as beauty. Thus, both authors argue differently on beauty. Making everything and everyone to appear gorgeous could help to build a better society.
“A Worn Path” is a short story written by Eudora Welty. It is a story of an elderly black woman’s journey into town for her grandson’s medicine. Using lots of imagery throughout the story, the narrator tells us that the woman, Phoenix Jackson takes this dangerous journey out of love for her grandson who is in need of medicine. Throughout her journey, she encounters many people who are of great importance to the story.
In the short story "A Worn Path," the message that Eudora Welty sends to the readers is one of love, endurance, persistence, and perseverance. Old Phoenix Jackson walks a long way to town, through obstacles of every sort, but no obstacle is bad enough to stop her from her main goal. She may be old and almost blind, but she knows what she has to do and won't give up on it. Her grandson has swallowed lye, and she has a holy duty of making her way to town in order to get medicine for him. The wilderness of the path does not scare her off. She stumbles over and over, but she talks herself through every obstacle. Undoubtedly, the theme of perseverance is what Eudora Welty wants to point out to her readers. Just like the name Phoenix suggests
... on foot and that alone is hard as it is. Eudora Welty shows her theme that with an adequate amount of determination and confidence we can tackle any problem or obstacle that is thrown our way and go the extra mile to reach our objective that we had set. Of course being restrained by time and age, Phoenix still fights and steps forward to a goal which is very significant to her heart; she doesn’t allow any barrier get in her way. Phoenix Jackson being the main character of “A Worn Path” is clear
The same can be said with the woman who tied Phoenix’s shoelaces—that she did it out of duty for Christmas season rather than genuine concern for the elderly. Phoenix Jackson must endure racial prejudice as part of her everyday life. It is interesting, though, that the people she encounters don’t treat her with any respect and kindness. From now onwards, it perhaps signifies that America is making progress in racism and discrimination. But not until the civil rights movement did blacks gain all their rights under the law.
According to this theory, external forces can influence the development of emotions. A child can mature a lot quicker when they are placed in an environmen...
In the story A Worn Path, Eudora Welty shows an old woman living in a time period where racial prejudice is rampant and out of control. Phoenix Jackson is a grandmother whose only motivation for living is to nurture her grandson back to health. The strength of love may make people do or say unusual and implausible things. The central idea of this story is that love can empower someone to over come many life-threatening obstacles. The idea is shown when an old woman conquers all odds against her to show her everlasting love for her grandson. Throughout the story Phoenix Jackson has to overcome many types of obstacles that hinder her in her devotion to help her grandson.
In “A Worn Path” colors are used to emphasize the depth and breadth of the story, and to reinforce the parallel images of the mythical phoenix and the protagonist Phoenix Jackson. Eudora Welty’s story is rich with references to colors that are both illustrative and perceptive, drawing us in to investigate an additional historical facet of the story.
“A Worn Path” tells of an elderly and frail black woman and of the hardships that she must overcome. Upon reading the story, you realize that there is more to the story than meets the eye. She faces many roadblocks along her way. Phoenix faces many dangerous obstacles along her way, for a person of her age. She faces racism from some of characters she meets along the way. Phoenix faces inferior treatment, as though she is nothing more than some insect to squash. This story is about not only her ‘journey’ to Natchez, but also about her journey through society and the struggle to overcome the dangers, being treated inferior, and the racism.
“A Worn Path” is a short story written by Eudora Welty. It is based on an elderly African-American grandmother named Phoenix Jackson, who goes for a walk to the town of Natchez on a cold December morning to get some medicine for her ailing grandson. This story speaks of the obstacles Phoenix endured along the way and how she overcame them. The theme, central idea or message that the author wishes to convey to his or her readers, in “A Worn Path” is one of determination. Phoenix Jackson is determined to get to Natchez, in order to get medicine for her grandson; she does not let any obstacles get in her way. The theme of determination is shown in many ways throughout this short story.
There are multiple themes in this fictional story. Some themes presented in this story include racism, family, and responsibility. The most prominent theme is the age and perseverance, because the protagonist is predisposed to failure given her age but her tenacity keeps her going. “A Worn Path” tells the story of a courageous elderly African American woman named Phoenix Jackson. Phoenix endangers her life to get a charity medicine for her grandson, who is unable to fully heal because of a lye accident.
In "A Worn Path", a short story by Eudora Welty, the main character, an old colored woman named Phoenix, slowly but surely makes her way down a "worn path" through the woods. Throughout her journey, she runs into many obstacles such as a thorny bush and a hunter. She overcomes these obstacles and continues with her travels. She finally reaches her destination, the doctor’s office, where she gets medicine for her sick grandson back home. Many critics have speculated that this short story represents the love a grandmother shows for her grandson. Others say this story represents life and death, where Phoenix represents an immortal figure. Dennis J. Sykes disagrees with the other critics by saying, "A parallel exists between the journey described and the plight of the Southern blacks after the Civil War" (Sykes). Ultimately, Eudora Welty demonstrates how blacks have been persecuted in a white world.
'A Worn Path' is the tale of the unstoppable love and care of a grandmother for her grandchild. Phoenix Jackson is Eudora Welty's main character and protagonist in A Worn Path.? Phoenix is an old, frail woman who attempts to proceed on a long and treacherous journey through the woods to Natchez. Phoenix strives forward despite frequent obstacles in her way that include her own failing health and her grandchild's slim chance of survival. As she takes this prolonged trek across the woods, many of her characteristics are revealed. Her tenacity, senility, and consideration that she displays throughout her long worn path emphasize her character.
In Eudora Welty’s, “A Worn Path” Phoenix Jackson went great lengths risking her own life for her grandson, who couldn’t help himself. On her worn path she faced the world with courage. Although she faced difficulty in her early life, her faith remained the same to help those who were dear to her heart. She walk a worn path relentlessly facing obstacles along the way with a mind that is diminishing overtime. Through the problems that she is faced with, she remains humble. She is admirable because considering her old age, weakness and loss of memory, she is determined. Welty’s details of character, symbolism, conflict and theme creates a compelling and fierce Phoenix Jackson. The moral message in this short story is to show the setting and characterizations