In the story “A Worn Path," by Eudora Welty, Phoenix Jackson, the protagonist in the story takes a meaningful journey of overwhelming love. This Negro, elderly lady, started her journey through the dark pinewoods holding a cane made from umbrella to help guide her way to town. The significance of this journey can be compared to biblical times, when Jesus made his journey carrying the cross for other people; both stories taking place at Christmas time adds to this theory. Phoenix begins this extended journey to town willing to walk the extra mile, making the best of her life while she is still living. In this short story, Phoenix Jackson’s travels a heroic quest down the path, overcoming numerous difficult obstacles with bravery determined to reach her goal of obtaining medicine for her sick grandson. As the story begins, an obstacle already challenges her. Phoenix states as the path starts going uphill, “Seem like there is chains about my feet, time I get this far” (462). The statement is proving that she is challenged due to her old age to walk up the steep hill. She is beginning to battle herself in climbing the hill as she says: “Something always takes a hold of me on this hill-pleads I should stay” (462). Unaware that her journey of obstacles has just started, she succeeds in climbing the steep hill, walking straight into a bush of thorns that catch her by the dress. The elderly lady politely untangles herself from the bush and continues on her pathway with a heart full of love. Many hindrances later, she encounters a woodsman that questions her journey and attempts at telling the Negro lady that she is traveling too far. Phoenix replies unwaveringly, “I bound to go to town, mister” (464). Without anything standing in the way of reaching her goal, the responsibility and intense love she feels for her grandson adds more inspiration to head straight into town. After reaching town, Phoenix receives the medicine from