Already have an account? Sign in. From the creators of SparkNotes, something better. Literature Poetry Lit Terms Shakescleare. Download this LitChart! Teachers and parents! Struggling with distance learning? Themes All Themes. Symbols All Symbols. Theme Wheel. Everything you need for every book you read. The way the content is organized and presented is seamlessly smooth, innovative, and comprehensive. In her delirious state of mind, Granny mistakes her other daughters, Cornelia and Lydia, for Hapsy.
John is the man whom Granny Weatherall married and with whom she had children. For sixty years, she keeps it locked in a deep recess in her soul. To what extent her repression of this memory impairs the quality of her life is uncertain. In her deathbed reflections, she seems to suggest that she was better off without George: "What if he did run away and leave me to face the priest by myself? I found another a whole world better. Michael himself. But why does she keep his letters to her?
Why does the memory of him haunt her at the end of her life? Following in Christ's Footsteps. Granny has many faults, not the least of which is criticizing others. Nevertheless, in her own way, she tries to follow in Christ's footsteps. Consider, for example, that Granny underwent a humiliating public rejection when George jilted her and that she suffered through many trials, including "riding country roads in the winter when women had their babies" and "sitting up nights with sick horses and sick negroes and sick children.
Granny's perseverance and her faith in God enabled her to come through her difficulties, as she notes: "God, for all my life, I thank Thee. Without Thee, my God, I could never have done it. Granny's Attitude Toward Cornelia, Hapsy.
In her deathbed reflections, Granny resents Cornelia's doting presence. Consider the following passage:. Climax and the Questions It Raises. The climax occurs when Granny cannot perceive the presence of God as she lapses toward death.
Among the possible reasons Granny believes God is "jilting" her are the following:. Following are examples of figures of speech in the story. Alliteration Repetition of a consonant sound. In an interview with Barbara Thompson Writers at Work , Katherine Anne Porter said she always wrote the last paragraph of a story first, then backed up and wrote about all of the events leading up to the events described in the last paragraph.
It was important for her to know the destination of her literary journey first so that she could set a course like sailors and airline pilots leading to the destination. Study Questions and Essay Topics. Granny says she prayed for sixty years to forget George.
Why, then, did she keep his letters? Why is Granny concerned about the letters in the attic? Granny indicates in her deathbed reflections that she loved John. Granny thinks of him as ludicrously young. The priest who delivers the last rites to Granny. Father Connolly affects a pious air while speaking Latin over Granny, but she remembers him as a jokester who was less interested in discussing religion than in gossiping over tea.
Lydia often comes to Granny for advice when she is having trouble with her children. Granny thinks that because Lydia has an irresponsible husband, she will need the land. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Character List Granny Weatherall.
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