Essay About Phoenix Jackson And Long Journey

A Worn Path Rhetorical Precis
Kailah JacksonEnglish II PAP B3Short Story AnalysisFebruary 10, 2015Plot: Action of the Story Plot shows that undying love and devotion can push you toward a goal.In spite of obstacles that may come in the way, with determination you can reach your destination.Summary:An elderly woman travels a long journey into to town to get medicine for her sick grandson.She is faced with obstacles to overcome.Her old age, physical challenges, and how others viewed her were three of the major causes of her obstacles.Other problems pop up as she struggles to get her grandson his medicine. So, according to Foster, this is a quest story Stages of a Plot        Exposition: background information to set up story   Her grandson swallowed lye and is very sick.   Phoenix Jackson travels a long journey on foot to find his medicine.Rising action: events that create suspense on the way to the climaxWhen Phoenix begins to walk through the trail and her dress gets stuck and she has to try and free herself.When she starts hallucinating. When she gets too tired to continue on any further.Conflicts: The events or people getting in the way of the protagonists goal.Man v society Phoenix is excluded from an opportunity for more helpful aid because she’s black.Phoenix – age and disability cause people in society to treat her unfairWhite hunter tells her she shouldn’t go into town because she is blackHer socioeconomic status made society lack respect for her How people in the work place treat her Man v selfHer own help issues keep her from her goalsHer own options about herself slow her downClimax: The high point of tensionTechnical ClimaxWhen Phoenix finally makes it to the clinic and it is clear that she won’t be able to get the medicine for her grandsonEmotional ClimaxDespite the long difficult struggle Phoenix finally arrives in townResolution/ Denouncement: satisfaction that goal is completed or not Phoenix setting off for her journey home, with the reader knowing that she will have to repeat these actions again.CharactersProtagonist: the character with a problem to solve – motivating Phoenix Jackson Grandmother elderlyWants to go into town to get medicine for her sickly grandsonAntagonist(s): the character or situation that gets in the way of the protagonists goal.