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The Two Jilts of Granny Weatherall
Title: The Two Jilts of Granny Weatherall
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 644 | Pages: 2.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Two Jilts of Granny Weatherall
Heather Duncan
Mrs. Diana Crawford
English 102
September 28, 2000
The Two Jilts of Granny Weatherall
A “jilt”, as defined by Webster’s Dictionary, means, “ To deceive or drop (a lover) suddenly or callously. ” The character Granny Weatherall, in the short story “ The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter, endures two jilts in her life. The first one being that she got jilted, or dropped, by her “bridegroom”, George. Her second jilt is that she is …showed first 75 words of 644 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 644 total…and wouldn’t let it go, God too, left her behind. Just like the 5 virgins.
The moral or theme of the short story is that if you linger on something or not forgive someone for something significant you are not living your life in the right way, will not get the most out of life, and may not be ready at the end. Granny Weatherall isn’t ready at the end. Will you be?
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