A Worn Path and Half a Day

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A Worn Path and Half a Day Motifs and Allegories A Worn Path and Half a Day

Words, phrases, and quotations that create patterns and/or contrasts in a text What is a motif?

A Worn Path Motifs Birds – Phoenix, Mourning Dove, Buzzard Age – “I’m not as old as I thought,” the man with the gun A Worn Path Motifs

A story or poem in which every element has parallel literal and symbolic meanings What is allegory?

How is A Worn Path an allegory? The Journey Begins a little difficult and gets more difficult Levels out toward the end The Hill The middle of the story The Man with the Gun Points the gun at Phoenix Town Christmas lights everywhere Phoenix asks a lady to tie her shoe How is A Worn Path an allegory?

Read Half a Day (PDF on my website) There will be a graded assignment related to this story in the near future For Tomorrow