Wednesday, November 7, 2007
A Worn Path
The story of "A Worn Path" is about an elderly black lady who appears to be senile and delusional. She makes visits by foot to the doctors to get medication for her son on a regular basis. On the trip to the office she has encounters with a semi-friendly man who then turns a gun onto her provoking the old lady but ends up leaving. When she arrives to the drug store her attitude changes, she becomes rigid and anti-social. The stories theme seems to revolve around the hardships this old lady has encountered for being african american. The title of the story "A Worn Path" seems to be about her physical and mental condition.
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Well, she's in a doctor's office, not a drug store; "anti-social" seems off the mark--reread more carefully. a "Ceremonial stiffness" for a poor black entering any white establishment in the south at that time would be likely--but it's "ceremonial" for another reason--that's a resonant phrase--consider it in light of the journey, and what teh protagonist imagines herself to be up to... ALso, see my and other's comments on ALbert's, Andrea Morgan's, and David's blogs
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