"A Worn Path" --p517 #2, 4
"A Worn Path" --p517 #2, 4
2.I think Welty spends so much time telling us about the journey, so that we understand just how difficult it is for Phoenix. It is hard, yet not totally un-enjoyable, and semi regular. This journey is not short, and she (being an old woman) has to make it semi- regularly, it would be difficult for anyone of advanced age to accomplish once, but her love for her grandson gets her through it. Welty cannot express these facts to us effectively without a lengthy description of the perils of the journey. They help us realize the enormity of the task. The details about the different satges lend to the story, and are necessary so that we can understand that it is not all bad.
4.The fact that she is making the journey to obtain medicine for her sick grandson shows us that they are both alive. I mean, why does a dead child need medicine? It never actually crossed my mind that she might be dead, although I did suspect she suffered from dementia. The vision that she sees of the boy (her grandson?) with the marble cake might convince others that she and her grandson are dead, but I just felt she was hallucinating. She says that her and her grandson are the only two left, and she makes plans to buy him a gift. I feel that they are both very much alive, and I never felt otherwise. If I think about them being dead, my perception of the story changes, but only a bit- because if death is the same arduous journey as life, then- well, that is very depressing.
2.I think Welty spends so much time telling us about the journey, so that we understand just how difficult it is for Phoenix. It is hard, yet not totally un-enjoyable, and semi regular. This journey is not short, and she (being an old woman) has to make it semi- regularly, it would be difficult for anyone of advanced age to accomplish once, but her love for her grandson gets her through it. Welty cannot express these facts to us effectively without a lengthy description of the perils of the journey. They help us realize the enormity of the task. The details about the different satges lend to the story, and are necessary so that we can understand that it is not all bad.
4.The fact that she is making the journey to obtain medicine for her sick grandson shows us that they are both alive. I mean, why does a dead child need medicine? It never actually crossed my mind that she might be dead, although I did suspect she suffered from dementia. The vision that she sees of the boy (her grandson?) with the marble cake might convince others that she and her grandson are dead, but I just felt she was hallucinating. She says that her and her grandson are the only two left, and she makes plans to buy him a gift. I feel that they are both very much alive, and I never felt otherwise. If I think about them being dead, my perception of the story changes, but only a bit- because if death is the same arduous journey as life, then- well, that is very depressing.
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