In the Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Anne Porter, Granny Weatherall is an old lady that is denying death. Ms. Weatherfall is lying to herself completely when she tells herself that she is over George, which is the man who left her at the altar. She tells herself that she had a very happy life with her husband, John, who had passed away. In the story you can obviously tell that Ms. Weatherfall has not gotten over George because she keeps mentioning him and how she is over him. The story starts off with Doctor Harry examining Granny in bed while she was disagreeing with needing a doctor to examine her health. While Granny was laying there she thought to herself what she was going to do the next day, which was go through the boxes in the attic. The boxes held letters from and to George and John. George is the fiancé who left her at
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The reason why she was going to go through those old letters was because she does not want her children to see how foolish she was when she was young. Granny’s father lived to be 102 years old and that keeps her from worrying how strange death is. For a while Granny thinks about how it would be if she lived alone once again. She wondered if it would help her forget about her age and also all the memories she has, from meals she had cooked to clothes she had sewn. She then had a memory of her standing at the altar, waiting to marry George. Then she saw a bunch of gray smoke ruining that perfect day and she thought to herself, “What does a woman do when she has put on the white veil and set out the white cake for a man and he doesn’t come?” (Porter, 1930). After that memory, Cornelia asks her how she is feeling and starts to freak out. Doctor Harry then gives Granny a shot to calm her down, but then started to cause hallucinations. Granny began to hallucinate her daughter, Hapsy, which passed away also. During that hallucination, Hapsy said to Granny “I thought you’d never come,” (Porter, 1930). Father
The reason why she was going to go through those old letters was because she does not want her children to see how foolish she was when she was young. Granny’s father lived to be 102 years old and that keeps her from worrying how strange death is. For a while Granny thinks about how it would be if she lived alone once again. She wondered if it would help her forget about her age and also all the memories she has, from meals she had cooked to clothes she had sewn. She then had a memory of her standing at the altar, waiting to marry George. Then she saw a bunch of gray smoke ruining that perfect day and she thought to herself, “What does a woman do when she has put on the white veil and set out the white cake for a man and he doesn’t come?” (Porter, 1930). After that memory, Cornelia asks her how she is feeling and starts to freak out. Doctor Harry then gives Granny a shot to calm her down, but then started to cause hallucinations. Granny began to hallucinate her daughter, Hapsy, which passed away also. During that hallucination, Hapsy said to Granny “I thought you’d never come,” (Porter, 1930). Father