Explain fully what can be learned about Phoenix from her trip in "A Worn Path."

I think as we examine this excellent story that what
stands out in terms of Phoenix Jackson and her actions is the way that she sacrifices
and endures so much for love. In a sense, the name Phoenix symbolises renewal and
rebirth, and the journey for Phoenix Jackson is so important to her because every time
she makes it her love for her grandson is renewed. The "worn path" of the title thus
could be said to refer to a path of self-sacrifice that is inspired by love that Granny
Weatherall takes, combatting and enduring, and finally overcoming, all obstacles thanks
to her radical determination and stubborness. In spite of the many hardships she has
faced during her life, she shows that she is able to overcome racism, lack of education
and poverty to reach her goal--all for love:

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Then Phoenix was like an old woman begging a
dignified forgiveness for waking up frightened in the night. "I never did go to school,
I was too old at the Surrrender," she said in a soft
voice.

We see how Phoenix
Jackson has had to struggle against so many things thanks to her background and the
colour of her skin, and yet the momentous, one could almost say epic, journey that she
completes every year shows how she is able to transcend her own personal difficulties
and background to achieve her goals.