Katherine Anne Porter makes her story, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, come alive using inspiration taken from her own life. The main character, Ellen Weatherall, is said to be a mirror image of Porter’s own grandmother, who took in and raised Porter and her siblings after her own mother’s death. The story takes place in Granny Ellen Weatherall’s room and memories, as she reluctantly lays in her sick bed awaiting death and reflecting on her life. In The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, Porter uses an intricate third person narration and descriptive imagery to effectively deliver a character shaped by the effect of a
