Symbolism In The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall

In “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter’s is about an elderly women that is looking back on her life from the past and the present while she is lying in bed during her final days. She come to and from consciousness as her family, and closet friends gather around her she thinks about the life she used to live. As the story continues she drifts back and forth between the past and the present of her life experiences. Mrs. Weatherall is mindful of her inevitable death and she thinks about the lover that once broke her heart. The story tells of betrayal had on her as a women, wife and a mother throughout her life and this made her jilted. Throughout the story Porter uses many symbolism to create a mental picture
In “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” the thing that she was wanting in life was validation that she was worth being loved. The underlying of the story is this women that was independent and needs God to let her know that she was worthy of love in the final days, but just like her lover God never showed up. She thought that if she lived her life doing good deeds this would guarantee her that she would find salvation and love in her next life. She took a final deep breath and blew out a candle and in the end all that was left was darkness. There is a lesson to be learned no good deed goes unpunished but only if it is done genuinely and not just doing it for salvation. You can never seek approval of ones self-worth from another person to validate you. Maybe there is not a lesson to be learned and Katherine Porter just wrote a thoughtful story that plays on human weaknesses of self-importance. Even though Ellen has weather all, she has not let go of her past. Mer. Weatherall many different emotions has affected how she has lived her life and has not always been in a positive way. She was resentful and angry at time. While reading this story what we can take from this is to evaluate our own life and limit the affects one has in our