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{A Worn Path

By Eudora Welty

Born in Jackson, Mississippi 1909 Mississippi State College for

Women, University of Wisconsin, and Columbia University School of Business

1st publication: “Death of a Traveling Salesman” 1936

The Optimist’s Daughter won her a Pulitzer Prize.

Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" (interview with author)

Eudora Welty

Third Person Point of View

Told Through Phoenix Jackson

Dialogue With SelfNarration In Her Mind

A Worn Path

“A Worn Path”

Symbolism

Themes

LovePerseveranceRacial PrejudiceRedemption

Alliteration-Repetition of a consonant sound

Irony-The opposite of what is expected Metaphor-Comparison of unalike things

without using like, as, or than Onomatopoeia-Word that imitates a sound Paradox-Contradictory statement that is

actually true Simile-Comparison of unalike things

using like, as, or than

Literary Devices:

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