Phoenix Jackson Character Analysis Essay

A worn path is a short story that features the main character Phoenix Jackson. Her character alludes to a mythical bird that consumed itself in fire after five hundred years and rose renewed from it’s ashes. Phoenix is a very old woman who has a dying grandson that is terminally ill. Her objective is to travel through the woods and retrieve medicine for her ill son. She begins the long journey to town on “A bright frozen day in the early morning”(Welty 462). in december. The story seems to indicate that she has take this path before and now she must take it again. The author gives great detail of her appearance she is described as a small negro woman and also elderly and near the end of her life. Phoenix Jackson is a round and static character that goes through many changes as she walks through the pine trees,crosses the stream and while sitting at the doctor's office.

She’s a round character because when phoenix goes out for her journey early in the morning, she is surrounded by pine trees that overcame her. She seems to show extreme determination as she goes through the trail. She walks with such quickness as she goes along the trail. She has
She goes through many changes throughout the story and goes through many obstacles and seems to be a very well development through the story. She is set to go on a journey to go get medicine for her ill son and she meets other characters and animals along the way characters such as the hunter and the nurses. The hunter is the antagonist and a static character he doesn’t want change he doesn’t want phoenix to reach her goal as indicated in her story. Due to her old age she seems to be forgetful and very fatigues once she arrived at the nurse's office she forgets what she needs to do. The title of this story is symbolic because her path is extremely tough and rigid and towards the end we can see that her mood changes