“A Worn Path”: Phoenix Eudora Wetly wrote a short story “A Worn Path”. In this story she talks about the determination and strengths of an elderly women, by the name of Phoenix Jackson. Phoenix is a poor elderly Negro, that did not have a lot and made due with what she have. Phoenix unfortunate condition did not stop her from walking down a path, that she has become so familiar with. Phoenix starts walking early one morning down a country path. “It was December” (116) a bright cold day. On this day, Phoenix did what she knows best, starts walking. This was nothing new to Phoenix; she had traveled down this path before. Just a different seaso