Conflicts of the Phoenix
There are many different types of conflicts that occur in a story. In Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" the main character, Phoenix Jackson, experiences many different conflicts during her journey. Phoenix Jackson encounters conflicts with nature, conflicts with other people, and conflicts with herself, both physically and mentally. Phoenix Jackson is making a long journey to town that requires her to travel over hills, through woods, and across streams. She first must travel up a hill, which is a very difficult task for her. Once she finally gets to the top and starts to make her way down, a bush catches hold of her skirt. She must carefully get her skirt out of the thorns without ripping it. At the bottom of the hill, Phoenix must cross a creek by way of a log that lies across it. She completes this dangerous task with her eyes closed. She must crawl through a barbed wire fence, and travel by a place where she alligators are resting. Obviously, her journey is not a cakewalk, but she rises over the conflicts and obstacles she encounters.
Of the many conflicts Phoenix encounters, the ones she encounters with herself seem to be the greatest. She seems to deal well with and overcome the conflicts with nature and other people, but she cannot overcome her age or physical condition, and she cannot face the truth about her grandson. Because of the long journey Phoenix is taking, she encounters many physical conflicts with herself. She is very old and small and walks with a cane. It seems almost crazy for someone of this age to make a journey through harsh nature. After she gets her skirts loose from the thorns of the bush, she stands up trembling and has to wait a moment before she can bend down to pick her cane back up. Phoenix Jackson's eyesight is also very poor. She takes a scarecrow for first a man, and then even thinks it is a ghost before she realizes what it actually is. When the dog comes up and scares her, she falls over and lies in the ditch. She cannot even get herself back up without help, which shows that a woman of her age and physical condition should not be atte
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