In conclusion, it has been sufficiently demonstrated that Welty's recurring motif in "Death of a Traveling Salesman" and in "A Worn Path" is the treating of human relationships, which are inherently founded in human nature and which can be evinced from such human principles of love, devotion, and spirituality. The author has purposefully repeated this theme in many of her works to accurately portray real life, since it was the living, breathing world (through the author's interpretation) which engendered these tales. Readers would benefit from the review of...

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