Read the excerpt from “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty.

She was meditating, and not ready, and when he came at her she only hit him a little with her cane. Over she went in the ditch, like a little puff of milkweed.

What does the phrase “like a little puff of milkweed” suggest?

Answers:
1. Phoenix falls asleep while standing on the path and falls into a bed of flowers.

2. Phoenix stops on the path and bends over to pick some flowers and falls.

3. Phoenix attempts to knock the milkweed out of her way with her cane.

4. Phoenix is as delicate and lightweight as a flower, causing her to lose her balance and fall over.

The phrase suggest about how Phoenix is as delicate and lightweight as a flower, causing her to lose her balance and fall over.

What is the theme of A Worn Path by Eudora Welty?

The main themes of “A Worn Path” include race and racism, duty and responsibility, and guilt.

A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty is a short story about an elderly African American woman who undertakes a familiar journey on a road in a rural area to acquire medicine for her grandson.

The white Southerners, such as the hunter, whom Phoenix Jackson meets on her journey treat her with disrespect and condescension.

Therefore option 4. is correct.

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