I am writing an essay on the worn path. This time I wrote this by myself. (Apart from a sentence). Could you tell me what I need to improve on?

Question

Love, the emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. "It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides." But this wasn't the case for Phoenix Jackson, Eudora Welty's major character in the short story, "A Worn Path." Her strength of love for her only grandson empowers her to overcome many life-threatening obstacles throughout the story. Phoenix is met with wild animals, racial prejudice, and her very own age and senility contribute to the hardships that she must overcome. But Phoenix Jackson's pride, determination, and courage, help her to push pass her limitations and sucessfully reach her destination.

Answer 1

The first is not a complete sentence; it's a fragment. How will you fix it?

The second is a quotation, but isn't cited. How will you cite it?

The sentence starting "Phoenix is met..." has a non-parallel series in it. How will you fix this?
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm

Delete the comma after "courage" in the last sentence.

Answer 2

Love, the emotion of strong affection and personal attachment, "It erupts like an earthquake, and then subsides." But this wasn't the case for Phoenix Jackson, Eudora Welty's major character in the short story, "A Worn Path". Her strength of love for her only grandson empowers her to overcome many life-threatening obstacles. Throughout the story, Phoenix is met with wild animals, racial prejudice, and her very own age and senility help contribute to the hardships that she must overcome. But Phoenix Jackson's pride, determination, and courage help her to push pass her limitations and sucessfully reach her destination.

I tried to post the citation, but it says "You are not allowed to post URL's"?

I don't understand the non parallel series part. Could you explain? Also, how is the overall structure of the paragraph? What else needs to be changed? Thanks!

Answer 3

Anyone?