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Phoenix is showing signs of not knowing what’s going on in true reality compared to what she wants to be true, however this is where is think the denial comes into play. This is where Jackson faces most of her obstacles during the journey, but she fears nothing because of the state of denial she is in. “The Worn Path” by Eudora Welty is about an African American that uses her determination to head into town for Medicine for her grandson. This also could be because she does not want to admit that her grandson has passed away, therefor Phoenix is in denial and does not even know what’s real or fake anymore and is in a state of confusion. ” The whole time in the doctor’s office she acts as if she is confused and has lost all parts to her memory. There I sat and forgot why I made my long trip. He isn’t dead, is he? ” and that is when Phoenix replies, “My grandson. The nurse asked, “Tell us quickly about your grandson, and get it over. The nurse asks a few questions, but one question really triggers Phoenix and she finally answers back. As Phoenix is sitting in the doctor’s office she says nothing back to the nurse who is asking her questions, she just sits upright in her chair with a straight look on her face. Later, towards the ending of the story, Welty portrays Phoenix as being confused as well. According to Frauds theory Psychoanalytical Criticism he argues that ‘we develop defenses: selective perception, selective memory, denial, displacement, projection, regression, fear of intimacy, and fear of death, among others. The scarecrow for instance could have also reminded her of her grandson in the sense that she thought it was a ghost and when the hunter pointed the gun to her face maybe she was not afraid because she knows that her grandson is not just ill, but he has already passed on so she misses him enough to not care if she would be shot to death and later be reunited with him in heaven. She seems to not stick with just one sense in her personality Phoenix shows moments when she is aware of the truth and other when she’s in denial. When being relieved that the scarecrow was not a ghost, but then not being scared at all when the hunter later pointed his gun right at her face.
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We know she seems relieved because after seeing it was not a ghost Welty describes Phoenix’s face as, “Her face lighted”. Next, Phoenix shows some different acts of denial when she comes about the scarecrow she seems as if she is a bit relieved when she realizes that it was not a ghost like she thought. Dance, old scarecrow” She said, “while I dancing with you. She asked the “ghost” a few simple questions, but when she got no answer that is when she realized it was just a scarecrow, yet she still talked to him as if he were a real person and she says, “My senses is gone I too old.
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This little boy may have just been a past thought of her young grandson.Īlso, Welty wrote in her story that Phoenix later went through a “corn maze” when really there was no path at all, but it led her to a scarecrow that Phoenix thought was a ghost. ” The dark setting of this story shows she may be feeling quite lonely and that is why she may have thought she saw a little boy. First, Phoenix shows she is experiencing some Denial hallucinations such as when she describes the little boy bringing her a piece of marble cake and when she reaches out to take it from his hand Welty explains, “But when she went to take it there was just her hand in the air. Her denial thoughts leave us to not know any of her upcoming reactions.