Eudora Welty: "A Worn Path"

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Thursday, January 7, 2010 @ 9:30 a.m.

A Worn Path (available online)

• Print out and read the story, A Worn Path (bring with you to class on January 7th): http://www.moonstar.com/~acpjr/Blackboard/Common/Stories/WornPath.html

• Write a First Response to A Worn Path. What was your first impression of Phoenix Jackson? What was your impression of her at the beginning of the story? At the end of the story? Which aspect of the work affected you most? Why? What is the significance of the worn path? Provide specific textual details and quotations from the story to justify and/or explain your response to A Worn Path.

• You may also watch a video adaptation of A Worn Path online (in two parts):


• Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVOYj9CQX1o&feature=related
• Part II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CpaF9Wa1R4&feature=related

First Response Guidelines

-- 8.5x11-inch paper

-- 1-inch margins
-- typed, double-spaced, Cambria 12 font
-- minimum one (1) page; maximum two (2) pages Left-hand corner of the paper, single spaced:
FIRST AND LAST NAME
January 7, 2010
Professor Melinda Roberts
Short Story: Wintersession 2010
Centered Title (all caps and bolded):

RESPONSE PAPER: "A WORN PATH"


You may also enjoy:
An interview with Eudora Welty:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2fh37fzsOg&feature=related
The photography of Eudora Welty:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K722JBLE3TI&feature=related