Part one of term paper
In “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” Katherine Anne Porter focuses on the main character, Ellen Weatherall. Porter breaks down Ellen’s relationship between birth, death, and motherhood. She gives the reader knowledge of her values, goals, hopes, dreams, and fears through these stages of her life. Porter also locks in to Ellen’s con ...

Part two of term paper
... Jane Krause DeMouy states, “The depressed pain of her lovers betrayal – the jilting – has never been resolved, it surfaces from the depths of her psyche everytime her controlled consciousness wanes and fades.” Consumed by the pain Ellen finds herself going back and forth from old age to womanhood and back again after the cycle is completed. During the time the story also goes back and forth. It takes the reader from the deathbed to Ellen’s unconscious thought. This begins to carry th ...