Selection tool will not select paths?

I am new to illustrator. I created a few closed paths that I filled in with the gradient tool. Then, I made another new closed path. However, when I try to select the first path I made with the selection tool nothing happens. If I hover over the path, green type saying "path" or "anchor" will appear but I cannot click it and it does not show the actual lines of the path. However, If I hover over the last object I created, I can see that path fine, and I can select it. That is the only one. I made sure that the layer is not locked and that I am working on the right layer. It was working fine earlier, but now I have no clue what happened.

There rare many reason this could be happening your item could be
locked or on a locked layer
inside a clipping or transparency mask
has a large object on top, (happens to me often when I have a white plate)
Good methods to troubleshoto this
select all then hide - to test if item is selectable or locked
hide the item on top until you dig down to why you want, make the change, then show all
command click to get past items on top, each click takes you down a layer
check your preferences that object select by path only is off, when that is on you need to be more precise with your clicks as will not select by fill only path
I recommend using the 2nd bullet technique of hiding, this will help you learn a lot about Illustrator

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