"' My grandson. It was my memory had left me. There I sat and forgot why I made my long trip.'" pg 229
The grandson in this story is obsolete. Alive or not, Phoenix continuously makes a difficult trip for him in her old age. The poor woman has gone through the same routines in life for so long that it does not even matter to her that her grandson may be dead. In a sense, Phoenix is dead because she is so obliviously closed off to the real world. For Phoenix, making the trip marks living, but she is only technically alive. The trip has become emotionless and not memorable. She is making the tripfor the sake of making the trip, not to aid her grandson. I think a lot of people live that way. Going to school to go to school, but not with the intent of getting an education. Going to church, but not with an intent to improve spiritually. Phoenix's journey reminds us to embrace what we have in life, and to look around and take it all in as we grow up.
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