The Jilting Of Granny Weathrall

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The Jilting of Granny Weathrall In the short story titled “The Jilting of granny Weathrall” written by, Katherine Anne Porter the main character is Ellen better known as granny Weathrall. As women grow in age some seem to grow an attitude also. Granny Weathrall is approaching eighty years of age and is becoming ill. Twenty years back she became sick and felt she was going to die and accepted that. Twenty years has passed by now death is slowly approaching her again. Granny Weathrall is not ready to die now. With granny Weathrall being eighty years of age she should know that death is not far from her. She is now staying with her daughter Cornelia, Cornelia is now looking after her. Although granny Weathrall was once a strong woman, with her being eighty now that is far from the case. Granny Weathrall does not want to face that she is on her death bed. When a doctor was called in she was being rude when she should not have been because the doctor was only trying to help her. She really needed to face the fact that she was about to die. She has lived a full life and should not be down about dying some don’t make it to eighty years old. Granny Weathrall should consider herself lucky, but her mind was drifting away from her and she was not think very clearly. It is natural for older people to loose there train of thought most of the time but, most old people except death and figure it is time to move to the next life. I think granny Weathrall thought she should live as long as her father. In the book Granny a had mentioned “Her father had lived to be one hundred and two years old and had drunk a noggin of strong hot toddy on his last birthday”. She feels like since her father lived the way he lived and still lived to one hundred and two that she should live to one hundred and two. From the things granny Weathrall had been through I understand why she thought the

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