The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall Symbolism

The story starts out by an introduction of an eighty year old women under doctor supervision. Granny’s arrogant and didactic tone towards the doctor implies to the readers that there is something wrong, maybe she is too old and her demise may be near. The author’s use of point of view, symbolism, suspense, time diversion within a stream of consciousness, and satire makes the story guessing and totally interesting for the reader. The rising action takes place at the introduction of the story and the epilogue is the last sentence, while falling action is occurring throughout the story. “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Ann Porter describes a soap opera type cause and effect structure within a dramatic story. The story demonstrates granny’s mental wobbliness from the starting point to the finish effect as the cause of her death.” Granny Weatherall emerges as a salty-tongued, independent old woman, who refuses until the very end to give up her right to self determination” (Bloom 99). Granny is unable to cooperate with the doctor. Hallucinations tamper granny’s views of reality and the author describes a lucid image of her thoughts. The word in the title itself “Jitling” sparks and describes her …show more content…
Neatness was expressed in an indirect form by the way she organized coffee, tea, sugar, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, and her personal belongings. Another indirect description of her private persona is discussed by the author as, “she kept things secret in such a public way” ( Porter 355). As her eyes shut, the author reflects the darkness around her bed. She did not have much to worry about because she was ready for death bed in her early sixties. Author illustrates granny indirectly as goal orientated, achiever, diligent, and a saver. The house she lived in was always neat, fenced in around one hundred acres, and granny never wasted any fruit from her