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This 5 page paper provides analysis of the difference between the way in which the narrator presents the main character Phoenix versus the way in which the other characters in this story perceive her. This paper bases this analysis on the difference between the internal reality of Phoenix versus the way in which others externally perceive her. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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as is evidenced in the dichotomous way in which people treat her. In this way, the externalization of Phoenix, as represented by how others treat her versus the internal
reality of Phoenix, as represented by how the narrator defines her, are strikingly different, embodying far different social, gender and racial realities.
A Worn Path is a simple story on the surface. It tells of Phoenix, who is an old, black woman who frequently makes her way to town
in order to obtain medication for her grandson. She goes so often that she knows the path by heart, and in this way spends the majority of her time
reflecting upon her life as opposed to determining her direction. It is on one trip specifically that the reader accompanies Phoenix, gaining valuable insight into both her world and
the world in general. The insights that Welty provides into the life of Phoenix are insightful, compassionate and heart-wrenching. As
Phoenix makes her way into town to the clinic, she encounters a hunter who refers to her as "granny". It is interesting to see the way in which the
other characters in this story perceive Phoenix, essentially judging her based upon her external characteristics. The hunter is no exception. He refers to her as "granny" because that
is how he sees her. To him, she is an old, black woman who probably has little going on in her mind. Her age renders her not a
woman in her own right (to his way of thinking) but as only a "granny", which is clearly a derogatory term. The hunter does not engage with Phoenix in
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