Welty's short story "a worn path" involves a very old and frail black woman, Phoenix, and the inherent hardships in her life. Phoenix travels to town regularly to obtain medicine for her grandson who swallowed lye and may never fully recover. Phoenix has made ??this trip; she can often do this kind of radar room, so her heart was free to wander, and her feet to stay in orbit. She met a person on the road, and thus began her story out of thinking inside, which is somewhat confused and therefore confusing to our ...