Phoenix Jackson B block

The Hero's Journey of:
Phoenix Jackson
"A Worn Path"
By Eudora Welty
Katie Falzone, Autumn Ledgister-Cummins,
Hope Corey,and Alyssia Smith
"The Worn Path": Summary
Phoenix, an old
grandmother, travels to
town to get medicine for
her sick grandson.
Through out her journey
she is faced with many
obstacles, but she rises
up, faces the challenges,
and gets the medicine she
needs.
Author: Eudora Welty
http://mdah.state.ms.us/welty/biography.html
"The Worn Path": Context
-This story takes place on the Natchez Trace
-The Natchez Trace is a historical path that stretches
roughly 440 miles from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville,
Tennessee
-At the time of the story in the south there was a lot of
racism against blacks
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"The Worn Path": Characters Transformation
Phoenix Jackson's transformation is that when
she first starts her journey, she doesn't think
she will make it, but she completes her trip, and
gets to where she needs to go.
"The Worn Path": Separation
The call of the story is when she has to go
to town to retrieve medicine for her sick
grandson.
The threshold is when she starts her
journey to town. Her threshold guardian is herself
The unknown world is the woods, and the
trail she is walking on. "The Worn Path": Initiation
challenges:the man who approached her on her
walk, and walking through the path. temptation: to just give up and return home. helper: is her grandson, because he is her
motivation to go to town. talisman: would be the nickels she gets from the
man, and the nurse, and the cane she uses. abyss: was trying to convince the nurses to give
her the medicine for free, because she didn't
have money.
"The Worn Path": Return
Revelation: realizing that her grandson isn't
getting much better, even though she gets
medicine for him.
Transformation: she transforms from a weak
old woman,to an experienced person who
can make the long trip
Atonement: when she finally got the medicine
Return: when she leaves the nurses office,
and starts her journey home
Gift: the medicine, and the windmill
"The Worn Path": Observations
Phoenix is a good name because she always goes back and
always makes the long trip. She gets the medicine, goes home,
and comes back again. This is a story of heroism because she always takes the long trip
in order to heal her grandson. There is a lot of racism and judgement going on because Phoenix
is an old black woman living in a time period where there was a lot
of discrimination. Her grandson is not dead because if he was, she would have
given up on her journey. If he was dead, there would be no point
in going to get the medicine.
"The Worn Path": Final Words
Phoenix fits the definition of a hero because
she stands up for what she believes in and she
achieves her goal without giving up. She
persists through all the challenges, and ends
up getting the medicine for her grandson.