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Short Story 'The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall'
Dillon Keefe
Period 1
February 23, 2015
“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” In the short story “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”, by Katherine Anne Porter, ambiguous elements help illuminate the theme of being betrayed by causing the reader to feel uncertain about Granny Weatherall’s state of being. At the end of this story, Granny W. asks, “God give me a sign” (p.854), just before she dies, but God gave her no sign. The narrator quotes, “She [Granny W.] could not remember any other sorrow because this grief wiped them all away” (p.854). These quotes are significant because they convey to the reader the theme that Granny W. feels betrayed because God did not show her a sign before her death. Just before these quotes, the narrator mentions,
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