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Comment on The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall is a representative of stream of consciousness technique. The story is told by a third person narration. Through the story, I have learned all Granny’s feelings and thoughts as if she talked to us.
The main character of the story named Granny. Granny is an old and sick woman. She lives both today and past. She is jilted by her husband-to-be before wedding. Then she marries another man and he dies. She has many children and one of whom passed away. All these difficult experiences forced her to be strong. She prepares herself to die before but when it es, she is shock. Finally she dies.
To be honest, I admire Granny a lot. She is a hard-working woman. She cooks food, keeps a good house for her family. She stays up throughout the night to look after sick horses, sick children or sick black servants. She is optimistic and brave enough to face difficulties and frustrations in life. She has a strong will and got over the jilting by e, her husband-to-be. After her husband John’s death, she tries her best to bring up her children on her own and works on the land and keeps a good farm. She is rather proud and will not admit that she is old and weak. All these qualities possess Granny lives essfully.
Although Granny is a strong woman, she has weakness too. She refuses to admit the fact that she is badly h