Essay On The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall

What is the final thoughts a person will go through in their final moments? This is a question many people may have. Will the family be taken care of? Will all of the financial assets be transferred accordingly to the appropriate family members? Could life go on without me? The truth is no one will really know until it happens to them, and it can vary for each person. This is a very real scenario that occurs in our society on a daily basis. There are a multitude of reasons as to why Granny in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” seems to be confused in the sign she receives accepting her into heaven. The first reason that Granny seems to be confused in this short story is that Granny believes that Christ will be the one she see’s going into heaven, and since that did not happen this makes her confused. Throughout the story Granny talks about an individual named Haspy, but she never comes to visit Granny. Hapsy seems to be very far away from Granny and seems to be unreachable. “She had to go a long way back through a great many rooms to find Hapsy standing with a baby on her arm” (60), but no one is told what has happened to her. While Hapsy may seem to be far away, Granny is much closer to her than she thinks to …show more content…
Death can be a dark and ill-hearted place where many may not try to contemplate the hardship and despair that death may bring. Then there are some people who think about death, and think about how everything should happen, but not every scenario will not fall into place perfectly. Once things do not go how it happens they start to freak out, and think that they are doing something wrong when they have not. In conclusion, this is what happened in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” everything did not happened as planned, and it flustered her beyond belief. . At the end of the short story, everything worked out, and Granny ended up where she wanted to be all