In the short story, “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” an older woman is having flashbacks of her life, while she is slowly dying. Throughout her life, this woman, Granny Weatherall, has had many life altering experiences. With these experiences, she has become the strong woman that we have become to know. With a name like “Weatherall,” one can only imagine what she has been though. Forty years earlier, Granny Weatherall became ill from not only milk leg but also double pneumonia, which she recuperated from. Granny Weatherall also had a tough time when her youngest and most favorable child died. Her daughter, Hapsy, passed away while giving birth to her child. Another tough time in Granny Weatherall’s life was when her first love, George, left her on her wedding day. After getting married, having kids, and keeping the farm on a stable basis, Granny’s husband, John, passed away. With him gone Granny Weatherall had to raise their kids by herself, and she also had to keep the farm going, such as mending the fences and food on the table. Granny Weatherall becomes delirious as the day of her death approaches. At first she begins to see her first love, George, when he is a young man. He is about the age he was when he and Granny Weatherall were going to get married. Granny Weatherall bakes a wedding cake, from scratch, nothing bought. She then takes her time rummaging through old letters from George, and John, and other old memorabilia that reminds her about her past with George. Granny Weatherall then begins to think she is talking to her daughter, Hapsy, holding her grandbaby, rocking her in the rocking chair, trying to put the baby asleep. As the priest is administrating the last rights on Granny Weatherall, she is thinking he is trying to take advantage of her while she is in the state in which she is unable to do anything about it.Granny Weatherall is a stubborn woman that is set in he...
