A Worn Path

The protagonist of this story is an older women named Phoenix Jackson. The protagonist is a very old women who is on a mission to get medicine for her grandson. She is caring of her grandson because she travels far to the city since they live out side of the city. Through out the story the protagonist describes her surroundings around her as she travels to the city. One can tell the woman is senile because she talks to herself and she walk with a cane. Her mind seems to be slipping because through out her journey she sees things that are not there. She talks to scarecrows and sees children with trays of cake. When she falls a getleman comes around and helps her out but for some reason through out their conversation he points a gun at but she is not scared and she doesnt back down. The gentleman says she must be really old if she isnt scared and she replies by saying she has seen worse and this would explain how old she really is. Once she gets to the city to get the medicine her mind starts slipping because the nurse speaks to her she doesnt speak and when she does she apologizes because she admits that her mind slipped for a split second. Phoenix Jackson is a careing grandma because she goes to the doctors to get her grandsons medice every week and she travels the same way. The antagonist of this story would be her old age because its starting to slow her down and her mind slipps and she wont be able to travel that long distant for long. This story is told in first person stream of consciousness at points.