Compare and contrast alienation in "A Worn Path" and "In Another Country"

<Tab/>Phoenix Jackson and the narrator of "In Another Country" have different views on life and they both have different personal responses to alienation. Phoenix believes in herself because she knows her grandson needs her. The narrator in "In Another Country" believes in himself because he has nobody else that will. Two different societies cause their alienation and they both respond in different ways. Their responses to their alienation develop the …

…dignity but he looks up to the Major who does keep his dignity because he knows he is a father figure to the narrator. <Tab/>Both Phoenix and the narrator respond to alienation in different ways and their alienation is caused by different reasons. Both overcome their alienation to prevail in the end. Their alienations also lead to the development of major themes in "A Worn Path" and "In Another Country."