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The essay named A Worn Path by Eudora Welty title suggests that the path that the main character Phoenix takes and the obstacles that she faces are paths and obstacles that all people have to face in their lifetime. Phoenix’s journey on the “path” is both a literal journey as well as a metaphorical journey. The story begins when Phoenix makes her way into a forest abundant with wildlife. The animals that she is afraid of symbolize her first obstacle in her journey. She tells the animals “Don’t let none of those come running my direction. I got a long way.” This shows that even at the very beginning of a person’s journey there will be things that will make a person fearful, but it is best just to keep on going and push those fears aside. Then Phoenix is confronted with her next obstacle in the form of a bush grabbing at her dress. She at first says that she was fooled by the bush thinking that it was “a pretty little green bush,”