Let D$D$ be the open unit disk, and J$J$ a Jordan arc (that is, a homeomorphhomeomorphic copy of [0, 1]$[0, 1]$) that lies in D$D$, except J(0)$J(0)$ lies on the boundary of D$D$, say J(0)=1$J(0)=1$. I would like to see that D\J([0, 1])$D\smallsetminus J([0, 1])$ is a path connected-connected topological space. Please help, if you can. Thanks!