The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall

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Granny Weatherall was definitely a tough charachter from what we read. " “Get along and doctor your sick,” said Granny Weatherall. “Leave a well woman alone. I’ll call for you when I want you…” she shouted, because Doctor “I pay my own bills, and I don’t throw my money away on nonsense!” She was used to telling people what to do and let no one help her. She had a daughter, Cornelia, who was always around to help her out. No matter how tough things got she stuck around. “I’m chilly, Cornelia.” Lying in bed stops the circulation. I must have told you a thousand times.” Granny always had something to do. She was an independent woman and had no one help her in any kind of way. After she got home from the doctor's office she decided to rest and clean up the attic the next day.

Granny knew that her time was about to come and she wanted to get rid of some old letters that she had up in her attic that she wanted no one to find even after her death. As Granny lies in bed, she ponders her imminent death. The idea of death feels unfamiliar, despite all the time she has spent preparing for it. Twenty years ago, when she was sixty years old, she had thought she was going to die. Next morning as Granny went through the letters she found letters from both George and John. Memories flew through her head and pain that she consumed once reminded her why she had become the way she did.

The jilting of Granny Weatherall has alot to do with the story and her past. Jilting means to be left behind, rejected. Granny Weatherall was at the alter ready to get married till the moment that George stood her up and never married her. Because of this past experince we know why she's that way she is with everyone. She is hard on forgivness and believes that she had no reason to forgive others to hurt her in some way. Not only that but John her husband had died at a young age as well. She didnt let anything get to her and bring her down, she just became stronger and learned form them.