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A Worn Path1

use her old age has left her almost immobile. The first actual obstacle she comes across is the scarecrow who represents death or the grim reaper because he is described as wearing all black and is trying to get her to come with him. Another thing that links the scarecrow to death is the simple fact that he is in a field. The next obstacle is the white hunter who tells her to go back and represents evil forces Well, granny you must be a hundred years old and scared of nuthin Id give you a dime if I had any money with me. But you take my advice and stay home, and nothing will happen to you. He is lying about having no money so she steals a nickel from him, a trivial amount of money for him that wont be missed so we the readers find ourselves justifying the theft. People in the story seem to have a reverence for the Phoenix which is shown when a white woman stops to help her tie her shoe which would be highly unlikely in the south at the time. Another incident is when the women at the drugstore in town gives her money for no reason. One part I find interesting is at the end of the story when the nurse asks her about her grandson she says My grandson. It was memory that had left me. There I sat and Forgot why I made the long trip she had made the trip so many times and struggled so hard on it this last time she forgot what she was there for. Another symbol in the story is the paper windmill that Phoenix wants to buy for her grandson. The paper windmill is supposed to represent the outside world to him because he is always sick and in bed and knows nothing of the outside world I going to the store to buy my child a little windmill they sells made out of paper. He is going to find it hard to believe such a thing exists in the world. Also a paper windmill would be impossible to make which shows how special her grandson is to her. At the end of the story it almost seems as if Phoenix her self has been reborn because once she comes...

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