What does old phoenix do when she is knocked down by the dog?
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This is a question from a short story.
The name of the short story is “A worn Path”.
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 and became conscious-less.
This is from story “A worn Path” which is about an old woman and her heroic deeds.
Phoenix Jackson was an old Negro woman who faced many obstacles while on a trip for the city in the cold morning of a December.
She was covered in red rag with unlaced shoes.
In an unexpected event when she was knocked down by the dog, she tried to hit the dog with her stick but in that event fell down in a ditch.
It happened because she was mentally absent. But she was brought out by a hunter.
Then she again went on her journey and reached the clinic to get medicines for her grandson.
She is referred to as phoenix because she ultimately consumed herself to solve the purpose like an immortal phoenix.