The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall Summary
When the end was near, what would you think about? In “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter, the author gives detailed thoughts and emotions going through Granny Weatherall’s head. The author describes Granny Weatherall’s emotions while she is on her deathbed. Readers will understand Granny’s personality progress through the story. Granny grows and changes as the story continues. Granny Weatherall is a eighty year old women who is as stubborn as can be. She is very ill but refuses to receive any medical attention. She even denies being ill, when it is obvious that she is lying to herself. “She flicked her wrist neatly out of Doctor Harry’s pudgy careful fingers… ‘Get along now. Take your schoolbooks and go. There’s nothing
wrong with me’”(Porter). Through out all the difficulties that Granny Weatherall endures the reader can conclude that she is a strong independent woman.
Granny is a round character because she has complex traits throught out the story. The reader can see her traits develop when Granny remembers being jilted at the altar “For sixty years she prayed against remembering him and against losing her soul in the deep pit of hell…”(Porter). The readers can now understand why Granny is strong and stubborn. She never wants to be vulnerable again.
wrong with me’”(Porter). Through out all the difficulties that Granny Weatherall endures the reader can conclude that she is a strong independent woman.
Granny is a round character because she has complex traits throught out the story. The reader can see her traits develop when Granny remembers being jilted at the altar “For sixty years she prayed against remembering him and against losing her soul in the deep pit of hell…”(Porter). The readers can now understand why Granny is strong and stubborn. She never wants to be vulnerable again.