The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall

In the story “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”, Katherine Anne Porter portrays a story of an old lady that is looking back on her life as she is laying in her death bed. This passage exemplifies what will go on in the story in a few different examples. Granny planned her life like a field, “planted carefully in orderly rows”. When she thought of hell she thought of George, her ex that left her alone at the church, and shows her constant denial. Granny is trying to make herself forget all about George for the past sixty years but has failed to exterminate his image from her brain. The word “jilt” means to cast of or reject someone (such as a lover). Granny had to overcome many things in her life, being jilted twice once by George and then by a hard life. The characters in this story are placed within a fully …show more content…
It starts with Granny laying in a bed with her daughter and doctor by her side and then has flashbacks to Granny’s past where she reflects on what her life was like and things that she was proud of. This story is told in the third person omniscient, but it often seems like it is told by Granny through her eyes. During the story it seems we are in Granny’s head for most of the time that it feels like the story really is being told from first person. What gives it away is some of the phrases where there narrator uses “she” to describe Granny, that’s when we know it is third person omniscient. Granny’s dialogue cannot match what comes from her thoughts. She cannot cough up the words for people to take her seriously and just sounds like she is complaining a lot. Towards the end Granny can no longer understand the people around her and vice versa. The ending is kind of satisfying considering we see Granny end what was a great life for her but also feel some emotions for her because of her last thoughts and things she wish she could have carried out