The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall Compare And Contrast Essay

Kimberly Nolan
Mrs. Quinn
English 101, Comp. 1
31 March 2013
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Most people have experience the feeling of being rejected, abandoned, or walked out on? “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” is a short story written about an old woman, named Granny (Ellen) Weatherall, whom has felt jilted not only by her first love, but also by God. “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” was written by Katherine Anne Porter, a woman who lived a hard life, and later a movie was made of the story. Porter struggled with several divorces, several miscarriages, and losing her mother at the age of two (Wilson). Porter may have felt as is if she experienced being jilted by God to influence her to write such a story. The story is more
And Even though she felt lost in her heart, she was proud to have married her late husband John and to have him as the father of her children. The short story and the movie also share the story elements of conflict and hurt between the mother-daughter relationship, the movie gives the viewer more of an understanding of the relationship that occurred in the short story. The short story is well written, but the movie brings everything together because the story was brief about the relationship while the movie provided greater detail between Granny and
Granny knew she was dying and didn’t know how to express the feelings that her daughter Cornelia wanted and deserved. She felt overwhelmed with being jilted by her first love, but also felt as if God had also let her down by taking her husband and daughter. Granny had still unanswered questions that she would never receive the answers to, which probably led to the conflict she had with her daughter. Considering Cornelia was the one Granny was closest with and spent the most time with, is allegedly the reason for the relationship the mother and daughter