Part one of term paper
With a seemingly effortless style Eudora Welty demonstrates her gift of perception and imagery in the short story, "The Worn Path". Her ability to capture visual images and transform them into words on a piece of paper is nothing short of extraordinary. In this short story, Ms. Welty presents us with the gift of seeing, smelling and feeling ...

Part two of term paper
... grandmother who follows a familiar wooded path on a cold winter's day, with only one purpose in mind: to obtain another bottle of medicine for her sickly grandson from the free clinic in town. On the surface, the old woman's long walk seems to be the entire story, but it is much more than that. Throughout the narrative, the reader is drawn into Phoenix Jackson's inner thoughts and feelings as she makes her way through the pinewoods, brandishing her homemade cane which is fashioned from an ol ...