Reader Response of a Worn Path by Eudora Welty
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The short story that I had chosen is the story written by Eudora Welty, entitled A Worn Path. The 2 characters that I choose from the story are the character of Old Phoenix and the Hunter. I will elaborate more on why I had chosen the characters. The main theme that I will discuss is about the scarification, responsibility, and love shown by the main character. The issue raise by the author is about discrimination and racism that silently described in the short story.
Firstly, the story is about an old woman who is fighting with obstacles that rise up during her journey to a clinic in the town. The character of Old Phoenix or her real name, Phoenix Jackson, is the character I like the most. I like her most because of her braveness. I found that she is very brave in self. This is shown when she didn’t show any sign of scare eventhough she had been pointed a gun by the hunter that she met on her path to the city. As the story stated, “…and then he laughed and lifted his gun and pointed it at Phoenix”. She stood straight and faced him. “Doesn’t the gun scare you?” he said, still pointing it. “No, sir. I seen plenty go off closer by, in my day, and for less what I done,” she said, holding utterly still”. On her way, she found so many obstacles that in my opinion, she can chose to not to continue and go back to her house and accompanied her grandson, but eventually she chose to continue and for that, she faced them as mentioned in the text, “”Now comes the trial,” said Phoenix”. I think that, by saying these, means that she had ready for any hardship forward and that’s why she continue her hard journey. Other than that, I think that she is very responsible due to her responsibility towards her grandson. She willing to walk throughout the long path as stated, “Out of my way, all you foxes, owls, beetles, jack rabbit, coons and wild animals!...Keep out from under these feet, little bob-whites…Keep the big wild hogs out of my path. Don’t let none of those come running...
Firstly, the story is about an old woman who is fighting with obstacles that rise up during her journey to a clinic in the town. The character of Old Phoenix or her real name, Phoenix Jackson, is the character I like the most. I like her most because of her braveness. I found that she is very brave in self. This is shown when she didn’t show any sign of scare eventhough she had been pointed a gun by the hunter that she met on her path to the city. As the story stated, “…and then he laughed and lifted his gun and pointed it at Phoenix”. She stood straight and faced him. “Doesn’t the gun scare you?” he said, still pointing it. “No, sir. I seen plenty go off closer by, in my day, and for less what I done,” she said, holding utterly still”. On her way, she found so many obstacles that in my opinion, she can chose to not to continue and go back to her house and accompanied her grandson, but eventually she chose to continue and for that, she faced them as mentioned in the text, “”Now comes the trial,” said Phoenix”. I think that, by saying these, means that she had ready for any hardship forward and that’s why she continue her hard journey. Other than that, I think that she is very responsible due to her responsibility towards her grandson. She willing to walk throughout the long path as stated, “Out of my way, all you foxes, owls, beetles, jack rabbit, coons and wild animals!...Keep out from under these feet, little bob-whites…Keep the big wild hogs out of my path. Don’t let none of those come running...