Character Revelation Of A Worn Path Story By Eudora Welty

Name : Rangga Krisna Saputra NIM : 1512021105 Class : 4C Subject: Literature 1 Date : June 5th, 2017 Character Revelation of A Worn Path story by Eudora Welty Character is an imaginative person who plays role in a story. (Kennedy, 1983 in Koesnosoebro, 1988). The role of character is very important. Every story must have its own character, as their function are to play the role in a story. Sometimes, it is easy to interpret how the character is. However, most of the time, it is quite difficult to know about the characteristic of them and readers have to analyses more how the character really is. The characters are not fully revealed at the beginning in order to make the readers curious about them.†¦show more content†¦Her face lighted. â€Å"I ought to be shut up for good,† she said with laughter† â€Å"My senses is gone, I too old. I the oldest people I know. Dance, old scarecrow,† she said, â€Å"While I dancing with you.† (Welty, 326-327) From that utterance, we will know quite much information about the Phoenix Jackson. We know that she is an old woman. It can be seen when she said that her senses had all gone, and she was too old. In addition, this character is also cheerful and full of imagination. We know that from she enjoyed dancing with a scarecrow in which it cannot move nor talk. In revealing the character, we can also use the indirect method. It can be seen from what character says and authorial presentation. In knowing the character, sometimes a character will say something about how they are to other characters. These characters will react to another character about their characteristic. However, in authorial presentation, a writer describes his/her characters’ contribution and background in a story. If the readers want to know further about the character, they should analyze the character because everything is revealed indirectly. To assure our comprehension about indirect method, we will have an a nalysis about the character revelation. The technique which will be used is authorial presentation. As we can read from the short story, â€Å"A Worn Path†: â€Å"Putting her right foot out, she mounted the log and shut her eyes. Lifting her skirt, leveling herShow MoreRelatedEudora Welty a Worn Path12166 Words   |  49 PagesA Worn Path by Eudora Welty Copyright Notice  ©1998−2002;  ©2002 by Gale. Gale is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Gale and Design ® and Thomson Learning are trademarks used herein under license.  ©2007 eNotes.com LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution or information storageRead MoreEudora Welty a Worn Path12173 Words   |  49 PagesA Worn Path by Eudora Welty Copyright Notice  ©1998−2002;  ©2002 by Gale. Gale is an imprint of The Gale Group, Inc., a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Gale and Design ® and Thomson Learning are trademarks used herein under license.  ©2007 eNotes.com LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution or information storageRead More Flight in Song of Solomon, Native Son, A Worn Path, Sad Sweet Story of Sugar Lips Shinehot, and Por5690 Words   |  23 PagesFlight in Song of Solomon, Native Son, A Worn Path, Sad Sweet Story of Sugar Lips Shinehot, and Portable Promised, and Land First Eagle Story Since the beginning of time all human beings have had a fascination with human flight. Watching a bird soar through the air, one cannot help but desire the same capabilities. Imagine the point of view of the bird that flies high above the trees, among the mountains, over the ocean, and high in the air, far away from the clamor of everyday life on the ground