I think what this quote is saying is that there are going to chains on your feet that are going to stop you when you want to leave. They are going to be there eve when you want to go far and they will always bring you back right where you started. The chains let you wonder only so far just so you can see what you’re missing but they bring you back to square one each time. I think the deeper meaning behind this quote is the fact chains can be anything from a burden to your normal day life and it holds you back pleading for you to stay. It's like the chains whatever it is doesn’t want you to forget it and it doesn’t want you to move on from it. In the story we read “Worn Path” Phoenix was an old lady who walked to the market every time her grandson needed his pills, so because of this I think what the chains symbolize is her grandson. …show more content…
Her grandson is what keeps her where she is at his sickness pleads for her to stay and take care of him and yes she can go places but the thought of him brings her back every time. It’s like she is the only one he has left and the thought of leaving him behind breaks her, so every time she gets to that hill something tells her to come back. Something tells her to make sure she doesn’t forget the little boy back home waiting for her. I believe there are chains that holds everyone back in life and one of mine I like to think is my
The poem explains her hardships. Reading poetry is different from reading prose because you really have to dig deeper and study harder. A poem is not always straight forward like many other writings. You have to use context clues and understand imagery, tone, and sense. Summarizing a poem becomes difficult if you do not re-read several times. I learned that figurative language and lifestyle really tells a great story. Language especially helps you understand what is going on between the lines. Overall, family is always there at the end of the day. Sometimes situations get tough, but there is always a light at the end of the
“So boy, don't you turn back./Don't you set down on the steps/'Cause you finds it's kinder hard./Don't you fall now --/For I'se still goin', honey,/I'se still climbin',/And life for me ain't been no crystal stair” (Line 14-20 Norton, 2028), is the loudest part of the poem. It speaks volumes on how she truly viewed her struggles. . The mother states “ I’se been a-climbin’ on” (Hughes & Rampersad Line 9, 60), which illustrates her dedication to becoming better. She lets it be known that her struggle is yet to be over, but she does not care how hard it will be, she is going to make it. She details the pain she endured: “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair/
Sometimes if you want something you have to go get it. In the short story “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty. An old lady by the name Phoenix Jackson goes on a journey to get something for someone she loves. She faces many obstacles on the way into town. Eudora Welty uses Phoenix's loving heart to show you have to do things in life for the people you love.
This heavy word choice made by Harper continues throughout the following stanzas as well, and this evokes a sympathetic feeling from the audience. At this point, it has not been revealed that the person with the "burden'd heart" is a mother, but it still conveys the anguish that the woman is feeling. The woman is also described as having a "bowed and feeble head," and this conveys the helplessness that the woman is feeling in the scene (stanza 2, line 6). The author continues with this tone when the son is introduced as well. He is described as having a "trembling form" that the mother is trying to hide behind herself (stanza 4, line 16). At this point in the poem, it is made much clearer that the mother and son are slaves because the narrator says that "he is not hers," meaning that even though she gave birth to the boy, he was owned by the slave owners (stanza 5, line 17). Therefore, her own son could never truly belong to her. Slavery has created this situation, and the woman was so desperate to get out that she was willing to run away with her son in order for him to have a better love. When they were caught and the threat that he would be taken from her became real, she became devastated and desperate. However,
When this tale is looked at from a deeper perspective, it is learned that the mothers wish is to be loved and not have to worry about her child that has come in the way of her and her
The daughter alludes to an idea that her mother was also judged harshly and made to feel ashamed. By the daughters ability to see through her mothers flaws and recognize that she was as wounded as the child was, there is sense of freedom for both when the daughter find her true self. Line such as “your nightmare of weakness,” and I learned from you to define myself through your denials,” present the idea that the mother was never able to defeat those that held her captive or she denied her chance to break free. The daughter moments of personal epiphany is a victory with the mother because it breaks a chain of self-loathing or hatred. There is pride and love for the women they truly were and is to be celebrated for mother and daughter.
Chain symbolizes restriction. People in the cave were restricted by the chains. Just like the people in the cave, there were restrictions on me. For example, the college expense is part of the reason that I decided to not to go to college. College tuition could also be pain for other students. In the United States, high ranked universities are considered to be more expensive than any others’. People cannot attend if they don’t have money to afford. If I master my education, I would have broad open opportunities that would be available. Now days, education seems to be mandatory. Our society seems to be packed with limitations. That is also why I decided to attend Concordia College to absorb knowledge and impact on our
“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.
"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty is a short story about an elderly woman named Phoenix Jackson. She is not only an elder, but brittle and lonely as well. For a good portion of the story, Phoenix is making a journey into town to find medicine for her sick grandson. Although she encounters many hardships on the way, she never gives up because she is on a mission to help the one she loves.
In “Welty’s The Worn Path” Dennis Sykes asserts the similarities between phoenix Jackson and the struggle for black equality after the civil war in the south. Sykes compares Phoenix Jackson to the blind prophet Tiresias in the poem “The Waste Land” by T.S. Elliot. The author also points out insightfully that a parallel exists between phoenix’s journey and the journey of southern blacks after the Civil War. The writer observes phoenix's perseverance as she struggles through the journey. Sykes points out the similarities between phoenix's journey and the journey of black southerners: against scurrying hogs or thorny bush. The author adds that Welty showed phoenix’s struggle through imagery. Sykes asserts that the document or the wall reflects
All proverbs come with perspective, and perspective was defiantly the key to understanding this one. Traversing the walk of life, returning from depression and suicide; things are indeed their worst as they get better, a shining light and breaking free.
She seemed to be stuck in time, for example, the only person she could really remember was her husband who passed about 14 years ago, everyday she waited for this man that was never going to come back. I thought that it was unusual because she had only had it for 8 years so I didn’t understand how she couldn’t remember anybody before that. I wanted to be able to comprehend what was happening in her mind.
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
I think that the narrator feels much alone in life, even though she has a family who cares for her. She is clinically depressed so naturally she is going to feel isolated from the world. Speaking about a house that the narrator grew up in, she writes, 'and there was one chair that always seemed like a strong friend.
...child relationship is pure agony and resentment. In the same way her master forced her to work he forced her to bear a child that she does not want. In response, she runs away from her master by running away to Pilgrim's Point. She runs away from her duties as a mother by killing her child.