In the short story “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty, she uses symbolism to describe many of the characters and objects given in the short story. Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas and qualities. In “A Worn Path,” Eudora uses a multitude of characters and objects to express in her own way the way the story is told. In doing so, she helps the reader understand it better and shows that what is happening is still happening today. In the short story “A Worn Pass” by Eudora Welty, she uses several characters for specific reasons and various objects as well. The short story tells the story of an old lady named Phoenix Jackson, she is a blind elderly woman and she has to take a long journey through the woods. She has walked this path so many times that she knows her way even though she is blind. With her she has a cane to help her move, she uses it to make sure if something is in front of her she will move out of its way if it's a creature she will move otherwise she will know bypass it. On the way to her destination, there is a hill that she must climb to get to where she needs to go. Phoenix remembers that there was always something up the hill that grabbed her, so as she was going up the hill, she caught herself by a thorn bush and she spoke to the bush saying " Thorns, you are doing the work assigned to you.” I never want to let people cross…” and by that she says that it’s hard to stop people from crossing where they are and that it was doing exactly what it was supposed to do. She didn't want the dress to be torn because it was probably the only dress she had and she probably didn't have money to buy another one, so she finally untangled her dress and continued through the hill once finished..... . middle of paper ....... Np, October 2012.Web. March 17, 2014. Word Press Publishers. “An analysis of “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty. » Word Press. Np April 12, 2013. Web. March 17, 2014 Cummings, Michael J. “A Worn Path Study Guide.” » Cummingsstudyguides.Np, 2011.Web. March 17, 2014.Garcia, Abu. “Symbolism in “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty. Scid. NpWeb. March 17, 2014.Beller, Michele. “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty: symbols and themes. Yahoo! voice.Yahooinc. November 29, 2008. The web. March 17, 2014.123help me editors. “Symbolism in 'A Worn Path'. » Help me. Np, nd Web. March 17, 2014. Writing rock, ed. “A Worn Path Analysis Research Paper.” » Write rock. NpndWeb. March 17, 2014. Welty, Eudora. “A worn path.” Heritage of American literature. Ed. James E. Miller.2 ed. Austin: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.1274.print.