{ A Worn Path By Eudora Welty.   Born in Jackson, Mississippi 1909   Mississippi State College for Women, University of Wisconsin, and Columbia University.

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{ A Worn Path By Eudora Welty

  Born in Jackson, Mississippi 1909   Mississippi State College for Women, University of Wisconsin, and Columbia University School of Business   1 st publication: “Death of a Traveling Salesman” 1936   The Optimist’s Daughter won her a Pulitzer Prize. Eudora Welty

   Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" (interview with author) Eudora Welty

“A Worn Path” Symbolism

Themes Love Perseverance Racial Prejudice Redemption

 Alliteration-Repetition of a consonant sound  Irony-The opposite of what is expected  Metaphor-Comparison of unalike things without using like, as, or than  Onomatopoeia-Word that imitates a sound  Paradox-Contradictory statement that is actually true  Simile-Comparison of unalike things using like, as, or than Literary Devices:

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