Monday, November 15, 2010

A Worn Path Question #6

I think that the student's suggestion of the grandson being dead could be accurate. I kind of wondered about him when she forgot the point of her journey. She seemed very confused. I also wondered about his existence when it was mentioned that she has made the journey on a regular basis for three years. It seems that an illness like the one described would not last three years and the symptoms would not appear like 'clock work' which was the schedule of her journeys.
I think the comment that 'Phoenix is alive' shows that whether the grandson was alive or not was irrelevant. It was his realness to Phoenix that was important. He gave her something to live for.

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