She wears a dress reaching down to her shoe tops along with an equally long apron of bleached sugar sacks, with a full pocket. She supports herself with a cane, striving not to fall with every step she takes.
#The worn path by eudora welty skin#
Her skin has a pattern all its own of numberless branching wrinkles are indications f Phoenix Jackson’s old age.
The description Her eyes were blue with age. The description of Phoenix Jackson at the beginning of this story gives the reader a glimpse of how difficult this trip is going to be for an elderly woman such as her. Phoenix Jackson is very old and small, and walks like the pendulum in a grandfather clock ever so carefully with her thin, small cane made from an umbrella. She begins her journey to town on a bright frozen day in the early morning in December. This is a journey which she has taken before, and now the time come around he must travel it again. Phoenix Jackson is an old Negro woman who continues forward over barriers that would not even be considered a hindrance for the young.
She strives forward despite frequent obstacles in her way that include her own failing health and the grandchild’s slim chance of survival. It tells a story of sheer determination as Phoenix Jackson makes a long journey into town to get medicine for her chronically ill grandson. A Worn Path by Eudora Welty, is the tale of the unstoppable love and care of a grandmother for her grandchild.
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