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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
1st publication: “Death of a Traveling Salesman” 1936
The Optimist’s Daughter won her a Pulitzer Prize.
Eudora Welty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2fh37fzsOg
Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" (interview with author)
Eudora Welty
“A Worn Path”
Symbolism
Themes
LovePerseveranceRacial PrejudiceRedemption
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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