AWornPath《熟路》.ppt
“A Worn Path” Welty, Eudora熟路-尤多拉韦尔蒂,坎坷之路,Setting,The action takes place in December, circa 1940, in southwestern Mississippi. The scene begins in the the wilderness and then shifts to the city of Natchez.,Characters,Phoenix Jackson: Very old black woman with poor eyesight who walks a long distance through wilderness and fields to obtain medicine for her grandchild. She is the main character.White Hunter: Man who helps Phoenix to her feet after she falls into a ditch.Black Children: Children Phoenix encounters just before she reaches Natchez.Natchez Pedestrian: Woman who ties Phoenixs shoes.Attendant: Receptionist in a physicians office.Nurse: Physicians nurse, who gives Phoenix medicine for her grandchild.Grandson of Phoenix: Child who once swallowed lye. He requires medicine to treat his throat.,情节简介,熟路的情节是一段旅程，一名孱弱的老妪在寒冷的冬日行走于山径，为的是能进城替患白喉病的小孙子取药。 为了医治孙儿的病，这位老祖母仍然不顾险阻进城取药。菲尼克斯这一路上，穿过了荆棘，湍急的溪流，锋利的铁丝网和迷宫般的田地，但她似乎并没有被困难吓倒，反而很享受她的旅途。,plot,A Worn Path describes the journey of an elderly black woman named Phoenix Jackson who walks from her home to the city of Natchez to get medicine for her sick grandson. The landscape as Phoenix perceives it becomes a primary focus of the vividly evoked narrative; nature is depicted as alternately beautiful and as an impediment to Phoenixs progress. As she walks, she struggles against intense fatigue and poor eyesight, as well as such obstacles as thorn bushes and barbed wire. The combined effects of her old age, her poor vision, and her poetic view of the world heighten the lyricism and symbolism of the narrative For example, she mistakes a scarecrow for a dancing ghost until she draws close enough to touch its empty sleeve. A particularly tense episode occurs when she encounters a white hunter who appears friendly at first, but then makes a condescending suggestion that she is probably going to town to see Santa Claus. When he inadvertently drops a nickel, Phoenix distracts him and manages to pick it up, feeling that she is stealing as she does so. The hunter suddenly points his gun at her, and while he may have seen her pick up the nickel, it is unclear what his actual motivation is for this threatening gesture. Phoenix, however, does not appear afraid; the hunter lowers his gun and she manages to continue on her way unharmed and without returning the nickel.,plot,Finally reaching the shining city of Natchez, Phoenix enters the big buildingpresumably a hospitalwhere a nurse questions her about her grandson, asking if he has died. Phoenix remains strangely quiet at first, as if deaf to the nurses questions. She then apologizes, claiming that her memory had suddenly failed herthat for a moment, she could not remember why she had made her long journey. The story concludes with Phoenixs heartfelt description of her grandson, whose throat was injured several years ago when he swallowed lye. She declares that he is not dead, receives the medicine for him, along with another nickel, with which she decides to buy him a Christmas presenta little windmill.,The plot of the story,“A worn path”by Eudora Welty is a short story about an elderly African-American woman named Phoenix Jackson who is walking through the woods into town. On her way she encounters many deterrents, like a large dog, barbed wire, and a hunter from whom she pockets a nickel that he drops, and a lady who ties her shoes along with many other obstacles. Her reason for going to Natchez is to pick up a supply of medicine for her grandson, who accidentally swallowed lye a few years before. It is implied that Pheonix Jackson has dementia for she sees hallucinations. Through numerous hints in the story it is also implied that the medicine she is picking up for grandson is not necessary because her grandson died many years ago. However she thinks that he is still alive due to her hallucinations. She tells the nurse in the hospital that that the damage to his throat never fully heals, and every so often his throat will begin to swell shut, which suggests that the grandson has died of suffocation. It is Old Phoenixs love for her grandson that causes her to face the trial of the journey to town, every time it is necessary, with no questions asked. At its heart, A Worn Path is a tale of undying love and devotion that pushes us toward a goal.,The conflict,Every work of fiction has some kind of conflict, and most obvious one in A Worn Path is Phoenixs struggle against nature and the landscape. The conflict with the office attendant serves to show another side of Phoenix, her dignity in the face of racial and age Conflict What emotions does this story evoke in you? What is your reaction to the ending of the story? Would you prefer to know that Phoenix Jacksons grandson is alive? Why or why not? Why do you think Phoenix does not immediately respond to the questions of the nurse and the attendant? What does Phoenixs show strength and determination? We can find the answer from “The path”in following sides:,We can find the answer from “The path”in following sides:,一、 老妪取药之路 熟路讲述了这样一个故事：黑人老妪菲尼克斯（Phoenix Jackson）长途跋涉到纳齐兹镇上的医院给孙子取药。 二、黑人解放之路 全文从象征意义上来说，代表了黑人遭遇的两个阶段，以美国南北战争为分界线。 三、人类生存之路 转换种族角度解读文本的视角，读者会惊奇地发现，本文中菲尼克斯往复走的路从更高的意义上说是一条人类生存的道路。,Style,1.Simple plot Profound meaning 2.Capture the typical details Deepen the novels theme,Simple plot Profound meaning,A Worn Path tells us a story that an American southern rural poor black woman travels long distances, to go to the city alone to get medcine for her grandson .The author will mainly length is used to describe the heroine hard and long road of the city of phoenix, and her encounters on the way, just the simple towards the end of the article introduces the scene of the city and in charity hospital.The use of symbolism makes the novel rich connotation. One of the most intriguing is the name of the heroine phoenix. Phoenix in the English meaning for Phoenix, Phoenix bird. According to the encyclopedia of Columbia records, for the birds, the bird is originated in the Arabian desert region, can live for five hundred years, set himself in old age, and rebirth from fire, start a new life cycle. In Egypts religious, phoenix is the symbol of the sun, it dies in every night, the dawn and rebirth。,The author giving the name of this amazing indeed protagonists of the novels profound meaning. Phoenix had come to the end, the road in the city through the disasters. She alone through the jungle, mountain climbing, wading, had fallen into deep trenches, even because of overworked and visual hallucinations. For the old phoenix, every step are incredibly hard, it seems every moment she may fall, but it seems every through a situation she got a new life. She overcome various difficulties, in the long way, from where the sun rises, go to noon, go to the sunset. The long road of the city is the epitome of our great journey through life, from birth to age, death. Story ending highlighted the time background, very special, is Christmas day. Christmas atmosphere rendering that coincide with the name of the character phoenix, emphasis on the circle of life. In the novel, he through the circle of life and the symbol of the road of life, make the novel to say things out of the mould, in the ordinary course of the story contains the profound life philosophy.,Capture the typical details Deepen the novels theme,Weltys work mostly in her hometown as the background of the Mississippi River delta. Fusion began to have a characters appearance, she wore a red scarf. wearing a striped dress, black cover until toe, outside is a too long, bleaching sugar sack apron, carrying a big bag. Her face is wrinkled, like there was a little set in the middle of her forehead. under the red hood, her hair hung on the neck, with small volume, or the black, with a copper taste. These descriptive seize when black south side women wear the standard type characteristics. And, bleaching sugar sack apron this detail narrates the protagonists family background, should be a poor black family. Another on the way picking up money details related to this too.,But something caught her eye. Deep lines in her face and a strong sense of unusual light. No hint, she had seen a flash of five cents of nickel from the mans pocket fell out, dropped to the ground. Then, wait for after the hunter left, she slowly bend forward, forward, forward again, her eyelids fell down and the lid on her eyes, as if she was asleep. Her chin almost low knee. Her black yellow hands reach out from the fold of her apron. Her fingers on the ground, and elegant to slip into the coin below, as they do from crouching below in order to a hen eggs. Then, she slowly up, stand up straight. Now, the coin is in the pocket of her apron. Accurate description of subtle movement, will take care for the elderly, excitement of psychological activity depict lively and to perfection.,
