Heroes are born everyday. But not all of them have to be able to fly around the world or stop a bullet with their teeth. They don't have to be like superman and wonder woman. There are many hereos in the world, you just have to know where to look for them. They are just ordinary people a lot of the time. Many of them can be parents and grandparents. It all depends on what the person does to be considered a hero, such as a grandparent that would walk about 50 miles to get medicine for their sick grandson. That is what Phoenix Jackson did for her grandson in the short story, "A Worn Path".

Phoenix Jackson is a very old woman who lives out in the backcountry of Mississippi with her sick grandson. She takes care of him because she is his only family left and he has some kind of a problem with his throat, he can't talk anymore. "Throat never heals does it?" "Yes. Swallowed Lye. When was it? -January-two-three years ago?" These two quotes go to show that even though the rest of the......

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Title: A Worn Path
Approximate Word Count: 704
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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