The Jilting Of Granny Weatherall Point Of View

“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter uses the imagery aspect of a third-person point of view narrative to display how Granny Weatherall took advantage of her youth and describes the days leading up to her death. Porter utilized the third person point of view to show how Granny physically feels towards the start of the story. At the beginning of the story, Granny Weatherall appears to be an intolerable, independent old lady that is sick. Porter writes, “Her bones felt loose, and floated around in her skin.” Rather than Granny or the doctor stating Granny’s condition, Porter utilized a third-person point of view to add adjectives to deeply explain Granny’s physical condition clearly. To add a more in-depth explanation of Granny’s condition, Porter later added, “She meant to wave good-by, but it was too much trouble. Her eyes closed themselves, it was like a dark curtain drawn around her bed.” Instead of having Granny say she was tired and lacked energy, Porter used a third-person point of view to explain it. The section where Porter writes, “The eyes closed of themselves”

She states, ”Her heart sank down and down, there was no bottom to death, she couldn’t come to the end of it.” This third person quote describes how Granny’s death is approaching quickly, but also contradicts itself by taking forever to near. At this point in the story, Granny wants to die, but death won’t approach. Granny is waiting for her death to arrive. Later in the story, Porter states, “...Her body was now only a deeper mass of shadow in an endless darkness, and this darkness would curl around the light and swallow it up. God, give a sign!” Porter wrote this to illustrate how Granny Weatherall’s health has significantly worsened, while on her deathbed. When Porter wrote, “God give a sign!” she was showing how suspenseful death seems to Granny as she is