In “A Warn Path” by Eudora Welty, symbolism is the word that comes to mind throughout the story. From the very first paragraph we can note how the author makes reference to lightness and dark, and how she “walked slowly in the dark pine shadows” in my opinion making reference to how she was perceived in society and the big “shadows” (The white world) surrounding her frail body. She wore a “Striped dress” again Black and White symbolic of her longing to be a part of the white world. Her “Path” and the obstacles she is faced with such as the wild animals, the bushes thorns, her dreams are perhaps symbolic of her struggle to make her way into the world of the whites and to make it known that no obstacle can stop her from following her path.
i dont know if i'm not reading the story right or if maybe we just focused on two different aspects of the story but what impacted me the most was the love the grandmother had for her grandson and how much she would do for him. She put her self through so much to get her grandson medicine.
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ReplyDeleteSame here, I'm not too sure of how to interpret this story but it was just my oppinion. I'm sorry if it confused you, truth is it was abit of a hard read for me too.