Eudora Welty's A Worn Path

Words: 459
Pages: 2

At first glance, all readers know is that there is an elderly woman walking along a path. As the story progress, we find out more about the journey that she is on and the person that she is. Other characters in the story play a role in the development of the woman and her journey. Eudora Welty uses multiple characters in “A Worn Path” to show many different qualities and attributions made by the main character, Phoenix Jackson.
The first character that Phoenix crosses in the story is a hunter in the woods. At first glance, readers would assume that the white hunter would cause harm to the old and fragile black woman, but he does not. In a sense, he shows the reader that Phoenix is actually stronger and smarter than once thought to be. In the