A Worn Path Themes

When the going gets tough, the tough get going, right? But how about when the going stays tough? What happens then? Well, as we see in "A Worn Path," Phoenix Jackson just keeps her eyes on the priz...

Throughout "A Worn Path," Phoenix accepts as reality many things that most of us would consider fantasy. Dreams and daydreams mix with events that actually happen, and animals, buildings, and the n...

The word old appears in "A Worn Path" more than twenty times. Just to put that in perspective, Phoenix occurs only seventeen times. Old is by far the most common adjective in the story, so clearly...

A story set in the South with a black protagonist and a white hunter in it? You can bet your best friend an ice cream cone there's race involved. The 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, was ra...

"A Worn Path" definitely feels like it happens in two parts—the country portion and the city portion, with a noticeable shift in atmosphere between the two. In the country, there is lavish descri...