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    Miscommunication Lakeisha Young COM 200 Prof: Aisha Meeks September 13‚ 2011 I was asked have I ever had a miscommunication with someone close to me simply because I assumed that they understood me. In response to the question asked‚ I can say that I have had miscommunication with someone because I did not fully understand what was said. Miscommunication is a situation that I find happening a lot. There are many ways of miscommunication. “People commonly believe that they communicate better

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    Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” is a story that emphasizes the natural symbolism of the surroundings. The main character in the story‚ Phoenix Jackson‚ is an old black woman who seeks out to find medicine for her sick nephew. This story contains a motif‚ which is the continuous walking of Phoenix Jackson throughout her journey. She lives in the pinewoods and faces the challenging experience of walking through the snowy‚ frozen earth to get to the hospital in the city of Natchez

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    A Worn Path Eng125 Introduction to Literature Professor Hamlin September 10‚ 2012 A Worn Path “A Worn Path” is a metaphor for the life of Phoenix Jackson. The “path” is not only worn because of Phoenix’s repeated travels across‚ it also symbolizes the path of the poor and oppressed. One of the many characterizations in the story starts with Phoenix herself. The mythical bird‚ the phoenix symbolizes rebirth‚ resurrection‚ immortality. When its lifespan ends it sets itself into flames

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    “A Worn Path” In the short story “A Worn Path”‚ Eudora Welty tells of Phoenix who is living during a time period of racial discrimination‚ prejudice‚ and segregation. Phoenix Jackson is a very frail African American woman whose eyes are blue of age; her skin is stained with patterns of countless wrinkles telling of her hardworking years‚ her face is worn and tired but illuminated a golden ray of light. The story tells of Phoenix slowly strolling down a threadbare road making her way to town for

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    An Evaluation of Criticism on Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” Delta State University student‚ Susan Allen Ford‚ wrote a poem and entitled it “Chiromancy”. Chiromancy is defined as the prediction of a person ’s future from the lines on the palms of his or her hands. Her poem expresses this journey of an African American woman in the Alabama March of 1965‚ but what intrigued me the most were the last few lines of the last stanza: It plunges fearless into hot water‚ Gently crumbles

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    A Worn Path Critics think short-story form was Eudora Welty’s finest work. One in particular called‚ "A Worn Path‚" a story of a sympathetic‚ courageous old African American woman follows a rugged path for many miles in the country. On her Journey‚ she demonstrates great determination‚ faces her fears (including having a young man point a gun in her face) to overcome obstacles to get to a medical clinic and retrieve medication for her ill grandson. To better understand‚ "A

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    Welty’s short story A Worn Path is an interesting‚ the story full of symbolism. It explores some themes through the simple story of an elderly black woman in 1940s Mississippi‚ walking along an arduous path to town to collect medicine for her grandson. Along the way‚ she encounters various obstacles and interactions with others. The main character is Phoenix Jackson‚ and her journey is to get medicine for her sick grandson. The main plot of the story concerns her journey the worn path and the events that

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    If you are going to hold out until the last‚ you have to overcome the selfishness and all obstacles by loving others. In the short story “The Worn Path”‚ Eudora Welty brings to life through the use of the character Phoenix Jackson and symbols. The reason why Phoenix takes this journey is to get medicine for her grandson who has been ill for quite awhile. Phoenix encounters a lot of physical challenges‚ obstacles and danger on her way‚ but she overcomes all of them because she loves her grandson.

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    Ashley Covington Mrs. Ellenwood May 10‚ y English 1020 “A Worn Path” The short story “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty provides a very meaningful theme. The theme is shown through the main character‚ who’s name is Phoenix Jackson. She will go through any obstacle in the way‚ to pursue the goal that she has set for herself to complete in a day. Phoenix may be an older woman‚ but she does not allow her age or the fact of being a colored woman make any difference to the goal she has set herself to

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    WORN PATH Eudora Welty brings the story‚ “A Worn Path”‚ to life through the use of the character Phoenix Jackson and symbols. This story detail’s an elderly Negro woman’s journey to town‚ on a mission of love. Phoenix Jackson‚ an elderly Negro women is frail‚ old‚ and had many handicaps‚ she lived during trying times‚ because of her race‚ and faced many challenges while growing up. The story is based on an elderly Negro women’s journey into town to get medicine

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