A_Worn_Path

A Worn Path I personally liked the written story of “A Worn Path” better than the movie. I really did not notice many differences between the two. However, I felt that the story left more to my own imagination that did the film. In both the book and movie, we see an old Negro woman walking from her home in the country to town. She is wearing the same clothing in the film as described in the story. She takes the same path and meets the same characters. Yet in the story, I am allowed to pick the shade of color of her red rag and the length of her dress. In my mind I picture Cleo, our old next-door neighbor, who used to work in her flower garden. I see the scarecrows from my Papa’s garden hanging from an old t-post with two broken brooms for arms, and papa’s old straw hat on top of his head. In the film, I see the scarecrow created from the imagination of another. I see the size of the creek she must cross, and the age of the log she must trust. The little old, one, story, picture, movie, film, woman, two, same, imagination, face, book, wearing, wall, very, scared, scarecrow, remember, pinwheel, pick, path, papa’s, own, must, mind, look, little, lady, hunter, garden, dog, doctor’s, characters, boy, between, been, about, young, yet, written, worn, work, woman’s, white, walking, uncle, trust, tries, town