Delusions In A Worn Path By Eudora Welty

By using a narrative voice that is separate from the characters participating in “A Worn Path” Eudora Welty characterizes Phoenix Jackson as being motivated by delusions and a declining mental state. The protagonist of the story Phoenix Jackson travels far for a reason the reader doesn’t get till near the end of the story, and Phoenix herself forgets why she is at her supposed destination, nevertheless she makes the long journey. It is the narrator’s characterization of Phoenix that allows the reader to see Phoenix’s delusions from an outside viewpoint that seems knowledgeable and aware of Phoenix’s delusions.
Right from the beginning of the story, Phoenix shows signs of these delusions. In the second paragraph we see dialogue of her talking