Blog 1: A Worn Path

    In the short story, A Worn Path, by Eudora Welty,many symbols were embedded into the text. One of the symbols that I noticed was the hunter's gun. Upon meeting him in the woods, Phoenix notices his gun and in a joking manner, he even points it at her. " 'Doesn't the gun scare you?' he said, still pointing it,"(Welty,227). The hunter feels that with the gun in hand, he is inferior over Phoenix and tries to make her nervous. I found this aggravating because more or less the whole incident showed how a white man feels in power over black women. Perhaps, because of this racial inferiority he feels, I believe the gun has part to do with it. The hunter's gun makes him feel in charge and powerful, however, Phoenix doesn't get uneasy at all, even though he expects her to, being an old black woman and all.
    Phoenix also relates herself and her race to the hunter's "big black dog." When she says " 'He ain't scared of nobody. He a big black dog,"(Welty,227) she is basically saying that she is not scared of anybody. Phoenix expresses her bravery and equality in not faltering in the face of danger, or white men.