William T. Atkin III Instructor: Helen C. Peemoeller COM 131 20 April 1999 Phoenix Rises From the Ashes When asked by a white hunter “ Doesn’t the gun scare you?” while having it pointed at her, Phoenix Jackson, of Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path”, replies “No, sir. I seen plenty go off closer by, in my day, and for less than what I done,” This is an example of how the protagonist deals with another of her …showed first 75 words of 551 total…

…showed last 75 words of 551 total…untied shoe. At the clinic she manages to push the attendant to 500% of her original offering. Subsequently she resolves to purchase her grandson a paper windmill with the two nickel profit she made entering town. These conflicts she faces only reflect the spirit shining from the character of Phoenix Jackson. Bibliography Welty, Eudora . “A Worn Path.” Literature an Introduction to reading and Writing . Ed. Edgar V. Roberts, Henry E, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1998. 132-37.