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Character Analysis of


             In "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall- by Katherine Anne Porter, the character Granny is stubborn. She is a crabby old grandma that believes she is in good standings to go to heaven, when in fact, she covers up that she is scared of dying. She shelters her suffering and she misses those she loves. Granny Weatherall also hides that she misses some things that have happened in her past, and she misses people, especially George. .
             Granny seems to think that she is invincible. She blames her sickness on Cornelia in the beginning of the story. "Don't tell me what I'm going to be. I'm on my feet now, morally speaking. It's Cornelia. I had to go to bed to get rid of her- (81). She even yells at the doctor that he is wasting his time on her and she is wasting her money on him. Because Granny believes she will be accepted into heaven, she treats Father Connolly without respect. Granny carries a conversation with Cornelia about the Father when he arrives. "'Mother, Father Connolly's here. I went to Holy Communion only last week. Tell him I'm not so sinful as all that.- (85). Later, the text states that "Granny felt easy about her soul-, implying that she seemed certain she had a free ticket to heaven. The sentence that totally implies this concept is, "She had her secret comfortable understanding with a few favorite saints who cleared a straight road to God for her. All as surely signed and sealed as the papers for the new Forty Acres."" (85). .
             Granny hides that she truly is a suffering woman. She puts up a fazade that she is all right and has only a minor illness. "She meant to wave good-by, but it was too much trouble. Her eyes closed of themselves - (81). In the first few paragraphs of the story, it seems like she is delusional. "Her bones felt loose, and floated around in her skin, and Doctor Harry floated like a balloon around the foot of the bed."" (81). Granny must have been losing her hearing or have gone crazy because when Cornelia knelt down and put her head on the pillow, Granny could see her talking but there was no sound coming out of her mouth (84).


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