Bilingual Writer

Eudora Welty wrote, "A Worn Path" in 1940, around 80 years after the legal abolition of slavery in the US. The story is narrated by a very old woman as she walks on a path, from the rural area where she lived on her way to town. The narrator, Phoenix Jackson, is an African-American woman in the segregated South who may be close to "a hundred years old," as stated by a hunter that encounters her along the path. This fact places her as a child of slaves and a survivor of segregation. The reason for Phoenix going through such a hard trip, for an older woman, is love. She is on her way to get medicine for her grandson, who consumed lye, and as a result, he seems to be bed-bound and in need of constant medication. Phoenix, being a black aged woman in a period of segregation and major socio-economics injustices, did not have the means to provide such medicine on her own. She depended on the charity and mercy of the white population to do so. The story is quite controvers...

A & P is a story narrated by Sammy, an employee at the store. Sammy is nineteen years old, and at this young age, his life seems not to have many options. His life is monotonous and revolves around routine. It happened that on one occasion, three girls from the upper class came into the store underdressed, wearing just a bathing suit. It is noteworthy that the beach is not that close to the store. It is five miles away. This situation caused commotion since the store employees are not used to see that. The manager called their attention regarding their attire and how indecent he considered to be, as to which Queenie, the leader of the group, said she is decent. She believed to be entitled to do as she pleased because she had more means than any other person in the area. In turn, Sammy was idealizing her. He created a mental image of who she should be because she is most likely to be an affluent person. He thought of her in a very sensual manner and believed her life to be perfect f...