In “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty, Phoenix Jackson deals with the unpredictability of nature and the uncertainty she encounters as she travels through the woods and into the city. His main goal is to get his nephew's medicine and to do so he must walk a path through the woods. Even though she is certain that she will arrive safely where she is going, she knows that there will be some difficulties ahead of her. Phoenix's journey on the path he takes symbolizes his own life's journey through the path he takes. Phoenix Jackson is a force in nature that never stops. Her name gives her that very quality. A phoenix is ​​a mythical bird that is reborn from its ashes after death. In a way, the Phoenix is ​​similar to the phoenix because every time it falters, it gets back up and continues on its way. His physical description also implies that he has phoenix-like features: "...a golden color flowed beneath [his skin], and the two bumps of his cheeks were illuminated with a yellow that burned beneath the darkness" and her hair was covered with a “red rag” (259-260). When Phoenix is ​​faced with the path he must travel for the umpteenth time in his life, he relies not only on his senses, but on intuition and physical memory in the process of his journey from home to arriving in the city. Phoenix began his journey on a cold December morning (259). The task of traveling the long distance to the city on a near-freezing December day should be a difficult task for someone in Phoenix's condition. He uses the stick to pound the ground in front of him. Listen to the sound to know where the ground is solid and where it is not (259). At the stream with the log stretched across, she closes it... in the middle of the paper ......and [;] I come to steal” (262). During his journey, Phoenix takes a path that involves many trials. He does what he can to avoid stopping too long at any point on the path he has chosen to take. He makes decisions about where to go based on what he remembers from the past and how to make it through with little or no injury. She stays on the path she feels is best for herself. When there is no clearly defined path, she makes her own way, even if there is the slightest chance that she will be pointed in an alternative direction. When it seems like he's about to stop and give up, keep going. She is almost fearless even though nature can be cruel and ruthless. Works Cited Welty, Eudora. "A well-worn path." Literature for composition: essays, fiction, poetry and drama. Ed. Sylvan Barnett, et al. New York: Longmann, 2003. 259-264.