The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall By Katherine Ann Porter

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In the short story, "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall," written by Katherine Anne Porter, it is essentially focused on Granny Weatherall, an old woman who is in her death bed who is reminiscing about important life events, her young days and her children.. Granny's strong character and personality reminded me of my own grandfather, who had the same character as Granny Weatherall. The reason why I chose this particular short story was that it reminded me of my grandfather, who had a huge impact on my life, and as reading this short story of Granny Weatherall, memories of him filled up in my head. The main character in this story is a woman named Granny Weatherall, who is an old, fragile human being. Throughout the entire short story, Granny …show more content…

As mentioned before, the setting of this short story takes place in Granny Weatherall's death bed with the pillow “under her, pleasant as a hammock in a light wind," (Porter 86). The description given by Katherine Porter enables one to picture the setting. The setting reminds me of my grandfather since he spent the majority of his years on a bed being physically incapable of walking on his own. In the story, Granny Weatherall is under her daughter's care, Cornelia, which is very similar to my grandfather's circumstance when he still lived. Just like how Granny Weatherall was under her daughter's care, my grandfather was under my father's care. Cornelia is described as being “dutiful and good," (Porter 86). Granny Weatherall's attitude toward Cornelia was rugged, since she hated the idea of being handicapped and denied the absolute fact that she needed someone to take care of her, which is exactly how my grandfather felt toward my father. My grandfather spent the majority of his time complaining that he could do everything all on his own, when in fact he couldn’t. Granny Weatherall hates feeling like a child, which is exactly how my grandfather felt toward my father, "The thing that most annoyed her was that Cornelia thought she was deaf, dumb and blind," (Porter

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