A Worn Path By Eudora Welty

Summary : A Worn Path is about an old black woman that goes on a trip to town to get medicine for her grandson.

Characters :

Pheonix Jackson - Old black woman trying to get medicine for her grandson

Hunter - Tells Pheonix her walk to town is too far, and she should go back home

Nurse - Gives Pheonix the medicine for her grandson;

Section One:

Pheonix is on a journey, she is so old her mind is failing her
Pheonix shows signs of dementia by imagining things that aren't there, like a child that was going to give her pie; She also imagines the scarecrow in the corn field to be a ghost
Pheonix is not wealthy at all, she takes a nickel that has fallen out of the hunters pocket without telling him she is a bit humiliated by her actions saying , "God watching me the whole time. I come to stealing." and she also excepts charity money from the nurses own purse
Pheonix's grandson swallowed lye which now causes his throat to close up so he cannot breath
Pheonix and her grandson are the only two left in her family

Other Notes:

Pheonix is determined to do her trip even though it is very difficult for her; she tells the animals to get out of the way
Pheonix must pass a river on a log, go through a thorn patch that catches her dress, and climb large hills to get to her destination
Pheonix is going to surprise her grandson with a paper windmill even though the money she has is very small; it is only she and him "left in the whole world"