Phoenix Jackson's Unconditional Love

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The Causes and Effects of Phoenix’s Unconditional Love In Eudora Welty’s short story, “A Worn Path,” Phoenix Jackson shows love, strength, and determination as she overcomes many dangerous obstacles when traveling to get her sick grandson necessary medicine.
Throughout the story, Phoenix shows unconditional love to her sick grandson. The first thing that she says that stands out to me is when she says, “We is the only two left in the world” (7). A second way where we can see her showing unconditional love is when she gets a nickel from the attendant and then she uses another nickel of her own to buy the little windmill for her sick grandson. Lastly, over the course of the story, she makes the trip repetitively and that shows her love and …show more content…

Then, after burning, the creature rises back to life as a young bird from these ashes and the cycle repeats itself. Phoenix the main character shares a name with a creature that reflects her nature, her constant striving towards her goal, as well as her optimism and high spirits throughout the entire story. The name also suggests Phoenix’s long life though the story takes place in 1941, and she even said she was already too old in 1865 to go to school. Like a phoenix, a mythological creature, Phoenix Jackson makes her journey again and again without failure. Finally, the phoenix, her name was also seen as a symbol for Christ, who was resurrected. So her name Phoenix even marks her as a Christ figure in the story. Phoenix vs. Nature symbolizes many things such as her rebirth as stated above, her love and faith, sacrifice and triumph and even that she is poor and uneducated. She also had a long and cold journey outside since it was December. During the journey, she came across many animals the birds she came across symbolize the dangers and delights of her life. Another animal she comes across was a dog and it catches her off balance and she falls into a …show more content…

In the story “A Worn Path” by Eudora

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