A Worn Path, The Bean Trees, Little Women, How It Feels...

Courageous and Heroic Women in A Worn Path, The Bean Trees, Little Women, How It Feels To Be Colored Me, and the The Piano Women have been heroic and courageous throughout history, though not all of these heroic (or courageous) adventures have been shown in any way. Some of women’s heroic and courageous adventures are portrayed through short stories, books, and movies. Eudora Welty’s short story â€Å"A Worn Path,† Barbara Kingsolver’s book The Bean Trees, Louisa May Alcott’s book Little Women, Zora Neale Hurston’s story â€Å"How It Feels To Be Colored Me,† and the movie â€Å"The Piano† all show women going through their own amazing and heroic adventures. In these stories, the authors and director share with the reader (and watcher) the†¦show more content†¦After she takes a nap in a ditch a hunter comes by and helps her but ends up threatening her with his gun. Danger can come from anywhere, as the hunter shows in this instance, but Phoenix does a good job of taking care of the dangers and not getting hurt herself. In The Bean Trees the character Taylor goes through some of her own courageous adventures. When she was still at home and working at the hospital, she had to deal with a girl named Jolene, someone she knew from her town. Jolene’s husband, who had a bad reputation, had been shot and was now dead. The woman was a little crazy, telling her husband â€Å"don’t daddy†¦Ã¢â‚¬  (Kingsolver 7). This circumstance is not an adventure of the body but of the mind. Taylor has to be strong, courageous, and smart to be able to deal with Jolene. This situation was one of the first adventures that Taylor goes through, and it helps her to deal with later adventures because it made her stronger. When Taylor graduated high school, she bought herself a car and â€Å"intended to drive out of Pittman County one day and never look back† (Kingsolver 10). This would take a lot of courage in order to leave the place that she has known all of her life. She doesn’t know what she will find when she gets where she’s going. She does manage to drive out of Pittman County, but she has a lot more chances for courage on the road. While in Oklahoma a lady just gives her a baby to take care of. She has to have theShow MoreRelatedInnovators Dna84615 Words   |  339 Pagesmore innovative and changing the world. One of the most important books to come out this year, and one that will remain pivotal reading for years to come.† Chairman and CEO, salesforce.com; author, Behind the Cloud â€Å" e Innovator’s DNA is the ‘how to’ manual to innovation, and to the fresh thinking that is the root of innovation. It has dozens of simple tricks that any person and any team can use today to discover the new ideas that solve the important problems. Buy it now and read it tonight