The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall Summary

In the story, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, the main character Granny Weatherall is on her deathbed dying. Being on her deathbed, Granny began to travel back in time thinking about precious memories of many people in this world still do today. However, Granny refuses to accept the fact that she is dying because of everything she been through in her past. Her first husband had left at the wedding altar and then the next husband died. There is a self vs world conflict present because the way Granny acts was influenced by others around her. Granny is a strong elderly woman, emotionally scarred, and she had missed her opportunity for closure. The common theme of this story is to let go of the hurt and pain and only remember the happier times.

The reason is that after she had been left at the altar by her first husband, she managed to get remarried. Now, how many women do you know who would be able to trust another man to not left her at the altar. However, she did go through pain and grief because no one wants to get through that and this is where some bitterness from Granny was shown. In the text, it stated, "She used to think of him as a man, but now all the children were older than their father, and he would be a child beside her if she saw him now"(Porter). Granny is basically calling her husband an immature child who thinks he is a man. A man would have never broken her heart and would have stayed at the altar, but a boy would run away from now all the children were older than their father, and he would be a child beside her if she saw him now"(Porter). Granny is basically calling her husband an immature child who thinks he is a man. A man would have never broken her heart would run and would have stayed at the altar, but a boy would run away from one woman to find other women who were more