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In "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, what has happened that suggests the hunter will not really hurt Phoenix even though he has pointed a gun at her?

A. He has helped her from the ditch.
B. He has chased the black dog off.
C. He has been hunting bobwhites
D. He is holding his dog on a chain.

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A.) He has helped her out of the ditch
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In "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, the hunter has helped Phoenix from the ditch and that event suggests that the hunter will not really hurt Phoenix even though he has pointed a gun at her. Option A is correct.

"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty is a short story which tells the story of an elderly African-American woman who undertakes a familiar journey on a road in a rural area in order to acquire medicine for her grandson,

The story is told in the third person point of view.

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