Family Unit- Blog 1

In the short story, A Worn Path by Eudora Welty, Pheonix was portrayed as a strong woman. In my eyes, I see her as a rather weak woman. Her cane was a big indicator that she could not walk alone, therefore she was weaker than most people. Her age was the result of the use of the cane and another indicator as to why I believe that she was weaker than she sought to be. When walking, she hallucinated about seeing people. Another indicator that her age was becoming a big burden on her. "She did not dare to close her eyes, and when a little boy brought her a plate with a slice of marble-cake on it she spoke to him. 'That would be acceptable,' she said. But when she went to take it there was just her own hand in the air," [225, Perrine]. Her insanity was a sign of weakness, of abnormal behavior. Her lack of fear when the man that she saw on her trip into town was beyond dangerous. A man of this type could have killed her easily, and her lack of fear would have left her alone and dead with no one to help her. Her insanity could have lead her to imagine more things that could have strayed her away from her path, another danger. So although she seemed tough, Pheonix was very weak in mind and body.