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Questions:
1. What do the following represent: barbed wire, withered cotton field, and scarecrow?
2. Even though Phoenix is elderly, the white man treats her condescendingly, as if she were a child. Why do you think Welty does not give the man a name? What does he represent? What point is Welty making?
3. What does Missy who ties Phoenix's shoes represent?
4. Describe the treatment Phoenix experiences in the clinic. Provide some reasoning for it.
What is the purpose of the brief bout of forgetfulness that Phoenix experiences? Think about it from a literary point of view.
5. What does the grandson represent? Why is it significant that he cannot speak?
6. Why does the nurse label Phoenix as stubborn? Is she stubborn?
7. Why will she buy her grandson a windmill?
8. What is symbolic about her journey back?
9. Works of literature often have secondary themes. What does this story tell us about love?
10. What does the story tell us about the nature of charity?