choose one story from this unit and explain how its themes and the behavior of its characters prove william faulkner's assertion that great writing must deal with certain "universal truths" as well as "the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself." incorporate specific examples and details from the text whenever possible.

Phoenix Jackson, the grandmother in “A Worn Path" by Eudora Wetly, has devoted herself to loving her grandson that she willingly goes across town to potentially save his life. Jackson makes herself a symbol of strength and selflessness, considering that her advanced age makes the journey difficult for her but this sacrifice for her grandson supersedes her own needs.

Explanation:

Universal truths in “A worn Path by Eudora Welty  are: 
love 
honor 
pity 
pride 
compassion 
sacrifice 

Phoenix Jackson (the grandmother) has a lot of love to her grandson. She has a lot of devotion to the extent that she is willing to walk all the way through town for him frequently-- so much, that made the path worn. Considering that she is old enough, it is a sacrifice for her. Compassion is there. She’s old enough to cause a risk to her old body. She does this more often for her grandson but he seemed not in need of medicine.

If you have read the story then, you can tell that she is a woman who has to be honored and has a big heart. 

now, of course, the quality and the seasonability of these winter dreams varied, but the stuff of them remained.   they persuaded dexter several years later to pass up a business course at the state university—his father, prospering now, would have paid his way—for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the east, where he was bothered by his scanty funds. but do not get the impression, because his winter dreams happened to be concerned at first with musings on the rich, that there was anything merely snobbish in the boy. he wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people—he wanted the glittering things themselves. often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it—and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges.

there you go thats what we are missing