Granny was nearly a 100 years old but she still roaming through the woods on a quest to get her Grandson some medicine. Why is granny making the trip. Is there anyone that can make the trip for her. Evidently she has made the trip before. The nurse gave her a nickel, but she didn't have the decency t

o ask if granny was all right. The doctors didn't care about this old woman. The hunter she encountered didn't care about a sickly old woman bumbling around in the woods. He didn't offer her a ride or suggest where she could get assistance. Her age has her in conflict with society. She is an outcast and society doesn't care about her.

The conflict wasn't about race it was about the way society treats the old and the disabled. Granny and her grandson represented the old and the disadvantaged outcast that are neglected by society. The title the worn path means that that people like granny are constantly walking the worn path of poverty, neglect, and abandonment. She wants the reader to see that grannies every where shouldn't have to walk the worn path. Would you let your granny walk the worn

The final conflict is granny's state

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Approximate Word count = 564
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)