A Worn Path

Title: A Worn Path
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A Worn Path
Death is not something to be feared, but faced with awe. Although, by nature, aging and death are merely facts of life; a loss of hope, the frustration of all aspirations, a leap into a great darkness, and the feelings of fear and anguish. Phoneix Jackson of Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" and Granny of Katherine Anne Porter's "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" face these inevitable signs of aging and death. Phoenix Jackson, an old …showed first 75 words of 584 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 584 total…the final sign she's been waiting for from Jesus never appears. "For the second time there was no sign. Again no bridegroom and the priest in the house . . . She stretched herself with a deep breath and blew out the light." The light, which she blows out represents her life and as she descends into the darkness of death. These stories have the power to stimulate profound feelings and an intellectual understanding of life and death

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