Analysis of "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty

A Sense of Accomplishment
Sometimes our life is like an obstacle course, consisting of obstacles in which we have to overcome. Eudora Welty's short story "A Worn Path" takes place on a "bright, frozen day" in December. The figure of an old Negro woman—Phoenix Jackson—emerges. She represents struggle, but most of all she represents determination. As she makes her way toward town in a path she seems to have taken many times before, she has to overcome many obstacles. Every move she makes seems to be a slow, gradual move towards her goal. …