A Reflection on Point of View

Probably the most important factor in the telling of a story if the origin of the telling, the point of view. The point of view of Eudora Welty's story "The Worn Path" is third person but mostly centered for or behind Phoenix Jackson, the main character, as she travels from her home in the country to the city.

The first time I read the story, I clearly saw it from the Eudora Welty's perspective as a writer, telling the story of an old woman moving. Watching the movie, it was a lot easier to see it from Phoenix's perspective as she moved at a slow pace, with all of joints aching, and her crackled voice through old age. As we followed her specifically, whether stopped by a hunter or stopping a wealthy, kind woman, it was clear the center of attention was her, even more so when she got up all the way up there only to forget her reason for coming. Eudora Welty's interview, and her small readings of the story, didn't really change the perspective of the story. It only made me believe that as much brain power we put into figuring out the symbolism and similes of a story, the writer didn't intend half ot it. Welty confessed that a lof othe strange things Phoneix does are not signs of anything but tradition and old age. The point of the story, as Welty stated, is the repetition and cycle of Phoneix traveling the long "Worn Path."