The character Granny Weatherall in the story, the jilting of granny weather all, is a interesting character. She is a well developed character that is given a lot of personality. Since granny can be said to be a modernist person, most of her traits reflect that. She also has values that she holds to and things that motivate her much like real people. Traits that would describe granny are independence and strength. One of her values that the story shows that she holds on to is religion.
Her motivation throughout the story is the constant memory of two men, John and George. These are the things that give Granny Weatherall her unique personality. Independence is probably Granny’s strongest character trait. For the most part in the story Granny exhibits her preference to be alone. One instance in the story that shows this is when she wants Cornelia and Doctor Harry to leave her. (695) She lay and drowsed, hoping in her sleep that the children would keep out and let her rest a minute.
It had been a long day. Not that she was tired. Some might not see this as independence if they look at it from the modernist point of view. Instead they would say she is isolating her self or feels isolated. There is however more evidence that Granny is a independent person. On page 694 she says to Doctor Harry, ‘Where were you forty years ago when I pulled through milk leg and double pneumonia? …
I pay my own bills, and I don’t throw my money away on nonsense!’ This shows her independence as well as her strength that she can handle things on her own. Her strength is also shown through the fact that she has raised all her kids on her own after being treated badly by the people who she thought she loved.
The Essay on A Revelation Of Grannys Story
One of the greatest American short stories ever written is The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, written by Katie Porter in the year 1930. An interesting critic claims to reveal the flatness of Porters story. He states that the story is not interesting enough and that the story does not have any plot because nothing really happens. Unfortunately, the critic fails to realize the true essence of the ...
