Odom 1

Brianna Odom
Mrs. Litman
AP Literature
2 November 1997 A Worn Path This short-story written by Eudora Welty follows the journey of an old southern black women named Phoenix who walks to the city, frequently, to pick up medicine for her ill grandson. On her way to the city she faces a lot of trails and tribulations. She goes through thorns, a ravenous river, and a really steep hill. She gets caught in the thorn bushes and crawl under some barbed-wire. She even encounters a ghost, which the audience learns is a scarecrow. She even throws herself into a ditch to avoid a dog. Although, as a reader, it is odd that she has been talking to herself this