The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall Analys
Granny Weatherall’s fear of dying is rooted from the idea of the memory of being jilted unresolved Granny, in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter is a stubborn, but hopeful old lady reflecting on her life while ill on her deathbed. Granny’s refusal to accept that her life will end soon represents her stubbornness, and her refusal to give up on accomplishing her goals before she passes represent how she is hopeful. It is Granny’s caring family that compels her to adjust the expectations of her life. The assertiveness of the family influences her assumption of how much time that she has left to live. The independence and pride she shows is why she is against the medical aid being offered to her. “Take your schoolbooks and go. There is nothing wrong with me” (Porter 1). Granny is trying to hide her slight fear of leaving certain objects, feelings, and most importantly, memories when she dies. She compels herself to believe that she still has quite a lot of time to maintain her life, and wants very badly to alter the outcome of problematic events. Granny Weatherall is frightened to die because that would mean she leaves the dreadful memory of being jilted unsettled. Granny Weatherall never could disregard the memory of the dreadful jilting that took place in her young age. “What does a women do when she has put on her white veil and set out the white cake for a man and he doesn’t even come?” questions Granny to herself (Porter 3). I believe this phrase is granny trying to logically explain why someone who she was in love with would do something as terrible as leaving her on the day of the wedding. When George had left, Granny was devastated and could not bear the memory that was always present in her mind. On page three, she refers to the situation as hell. It has been sixty years, and the memory should be forgotten at this point. She comes to a conclusion that she wants to seek George because she realizes that her life turned