Theme Blog #2

"A Worn Path" #5

The plot/structure of this story starts out with her getting through struggles of her own,like old age, to get there. At one point she says "I wasn't as old as I thought" (p 224). She then encounters various animals or thorn bushes, which give her difficulty. Then, the man tries to persuade her to turn around. Lastly, when she is at the doctor's office, the people there keep questioning her. She is unable to answer because she forgets what she was there to do. Her internal struggle is at the end because she either cannot say why she is there on her own, or she cannot come to grips that her grandson is dead. I am not sure if he is dead or not, but she struggles at the doctors office because of some internal conflict, maybe a memory or forgetting. I am not sure though. The obstacles are her old age, which she fights through. Another obstacle is the nature, like the thorn bush. Another is the distance of the town, but she is determined. Also, the man tries to tell her to turn around and really tries to make her go back, but she refuses. He even says "wouldn't misss going to town to see Santa Claus", so her determination to get there is evident. Lastly, at the doctors office she struggles to say why she is there. She overcomes this by having the nurse help her.