What does old phoenix do when she is knocked down by the dog
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The name of the story is “A worn Path”.
It is a Short Story.
This short story is an account of the heroism of an old woman.
Her name was Phoenix Jackson. She was an old Negro woman. She started a trip for the city in the cold morning of December. She had to face many obstacles on the way.
Her body was covered with red rag. Her shoes were unlaced. Her eyes were blue and her face was wrinkled. Her cheeks are yellow and her black hair comes down up to the neck. She had to walk up and down the hill through pine and oak forest.
When she was passing a muddy track and reached the high bank, a dog suddenly appeared from a ditch.
The dog started to bark at her. The old woman tried to hit the dog. She tried to hit it with a can-stick. But unfortunately she herself fell down into the ditch.
This query is related to the story- “A Worn Path”. It is created in the form of a Short Story. The theme of the story accounts the heroism of one old woman named Phoenix Jackson. She is illustrated as an African (Black) woman. The plot starts with her starting a journey towards the city along which she faces a lot of barriers in her way.
Anyhow, the query asks us to explain the incident when the dog surprised Phoenix. So, as she was going through the muddy path, she reached a high bank. Suddenly, a dog came out of a ditch and started barking at her. The woman, in order to protect herself, tried to strike the dog. But, instead of hitting the dog, she slipped and fell into a ditch. Later, a hunter helped her to stand up and also asked her to leave and go back home. She thanked him but was not ready to return. Also, she found five cents- fallen on the ground from the hunter's pocket- and kept it with herself.