"A Worn Path"
Eudora Welty
In A Worn Path, Welty's use of figurative language was extremely prevalent. As Welty is describing the different encounters that Jackson on her journey to visit her grandson. Similes are extremely abundant particularly in the first part of the story. As Jackson is walking by the pine trees, "the cones dropped as light as feathers" (Welty, 224). The usage of figurative language allows the reader to relate a particular item or happening to something a little more well-known. This simile also allowed me to picture what aspects of the journey would have looked like. I found the firgurative language to be extremely helpful in interpretting the story. I was able to better understand the different literal and figurative obtacles that Jackson had to overcome in order to reach her desired end: her grandson. I still found myself a little bit confused on aspects of the story such as whether or not the grandson was dead. However, the things that I could know for certain were verified through Welty's use of figurative language.
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