“The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall” By Katherine Anne Porter

Part I of Essay
Voices and visions, imagined and real, mingle and merge throughout Katherine Porter’s short story “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” as this hardy woman, one who has weathered so much, lives out her final moments. It is better to read the story and then watch the film bec ....

Part II of Essay
.... Weatherall lying in bed with Doctor Harry examining her. The movie, on the other hand, starts out with her wanting to make a white cake. However, even though the movie and the story differ to a certain extent, they both have the two jiltings that happen to Granny Weatherall. The first one happens when Granny Weatherall is on her deathbed surrounded by her children, the doctor and priest. When a memory of 60 years ago, the day she was jilted by her husband-to-be, could no longer be repressed by Granny Weatherall—“the thought of him was a ....