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Gaiolini, Indigo. "Interpreting “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall”." Interpreting "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall". Wordpress, 24 Apr. 2012. Web. 03 May 2017.

In this literary criticism it gives their in-depth insight into what they believe Katherine is trying to portray in the story and everything they got from it. It talks about Katherine's unique use of third person point of view, called stream of consciousness. The reader experiences all the events solely through Granny's mind, and it is expressed mainly in her thoughts of the past and reminiscent memories. Through this article we can see an odd sense of independence for a woman in Granny's time, while at the same time seeing the American, old-fashioned, need for a husband and family life needed for her to register her life as valid. The author of the criticism writes, "It is as if the jilting, the rejection of her so completely by George sixty years before, was so damaging to her self worth that she had to keep everything in her life carefully controlled from that day on," she constantly seeks approval from John, the priest, and God as well. In her thoughts she wishes for someone to find George and tell her she achieved the American woman dream life without him, hoping to prove to him his jilting didn't affect her at all, even though it is one of the last things she mulls over in death. However, she is independent in the fact that she refuses to be treated because she insists in her mind and to the doctor that she is perfectly well. On top of that, it sounds as if she was the one who kept everything orderly and running smoothly in the household, as John died early leaving the kids, home, and income all to Granny to manage.

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The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, Summary 

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The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, Summary 

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The story takes place in Granny Weatherall's bedroom. A doctor tells Granny that she is severely ill and does not have much time. Granny refuses to believe what the doctor tells her and is in denial about her fate. Granny dismisses the doctor and chooses to believe that she can continue to care for her daughter and live her life.  As she sits in bed she begins to contemplate important events that had happened in her past. One memory that she relives is the jilting that took place when she was young between her and her fiance George. She revisits the memory of how George left her at the alter on her wedding day and how she never had the chance to speak to him again. The memory of the jilting takes over Granny's thoughts as she nears death and she thinks about all she wished she could have accomplished up until she passes.

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A  Christmas Story

The Days Before

Ship Of Fools

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3 Quotes Related to the Idea of Modernism

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3 Quotes Related to the Idea of Modernism

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"She had spent so much time preparing for death there was no need for bringing it up again. Let it take care of itself now," (Porter,  1037).

• The quote above displays characteristics that modern writers used in the 20th century. Modern writers were often seen as pessimistic because they wrote about the chaotic and unstable environments. The characters lost their sense of faith and question their identity and existence. In this case, Porter writes about how Granny has lost her faith and will to live after her jilting experience. Granny said she has planned for her death after she was left at the altar by her then fiance, George. All while saying this, Granny is in her deathbed thinking back to the days when her children were younger and considerate. Porter uses a common technique that many modern writers used called stream-of-consciousness. The story goes back and forth from past to present showing Granny's distorted mind as she lies dying. The readers are put into Granny's shoes as she talks about her past life, recreating the moments.

"What's a woman does a woman do when she has put on the white veil and set out the white cake for a man and he doesn't come?" (The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,1038)
•This quote embodies Porter's modernist ways in her writing by bringing forth taboo, nontraditional themes to the table. Talking about how granny was jilted by her then fiance, George, 60 years prior gives an example of how said themes were embraced in the movement. Further more, it also is an example of Porter's renowned technique of stream-of-consciousness, letting the readers determine, through context and tone, how granny was feeling inside, without plainly stating it, even being able to do so through a third person point-of-view.

"Well, she could just hear Cornelia telling her husband that Mother was getting a little childish and they'd have to humor her. The thing that most annoyed her was that Cornelia thought she was deaf, dumb, and blind. Little hasty glances and tiny gestures tossed around her..." (The Jilting of Granny Weatherall, 1037)
•This quote correlates to modernism in ways such as that it embraces character flaw. Granny, in this segment, expresses her annoyance with her daughter, Cornelia, which readers can assume to be loving and caring towards her mother. Granny personifies the frequent themes of impertinence within modernist works. Even focusing on how Granny is not the modest writer's conventional hero, rather representing the alienated individual scattered along works that share the same ideology.

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https://grannyweatherall.wordpress.com/what-the-critics-say/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6SUfHOn3W0

http://sittingbee.com/the-jilting-of-granny-weatherall-katherine-anne-porter/

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• Born: May 15, 1890,
Indian Creek, Texas
• Died: Sept 18, 1980
Silver Spring, Maryland

• Lost her mother by the age of two, and was neglected by her father

• She ended up living with her grandmother

• From early childhood had been writing stories, she described as the passion of her life
•1930 her first book, "Flowering Judas" was published. It was a collection of short stories, impressed critics, though only conjured up modest sales
• She acquired a Guggenheim fellowship from "Flowering Judas"
• "Ship of Fools" (1962) was the only novel she published
• Obtained a Texas Institute of Letters fiction award for Ship of Fools and a Pulitzer Prize for her Collected Stories in 1966.

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By: Katherine Anne Porter