‘ In the story entitled “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” Granny finds herself approaching death. Even though she believes she is just fine, minute details lead the reader to believe she is rather ill: “she meant to wave good-by, but it was too much trouble” and by the end of the story, she is too weak to speak, “[s]he thought she spoke up loudly, but no one answered. The story follows Granny as she reflects on her life, including the jilting for which the story is named. By the end of the tale, Granny is fastly approaching death and sees her dead daughter waiting for her. When looking at this story from the lens of literary techniques, the ones chosen give the story a unique flavor.
The point of view that this story is told from is third person, This is seen from the beginning, when the author uses terms like “she flicked her wrist” or “Doctor Harry spread a warm paw.” However the narrator is also limited omniscient, allowing the reader to peek into Granny’s thoughts, like when she is remembering the jilting she endured and asks herself, “[w]hat does a woman do when she has put on a white veil and set out the white cake for a man and he doesn’t come?” The limited omniscient narrator is a fascinating choice for a story with this plot line, because no one really knows what goes through a
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This provides the reader a glimpse of Granny’s life through flashbacks, such as when she remembers when “she had fenced in a hundred acres once, digging the post holes herself and clamping the wires with just a negro boy to help.” Because the story focuses on Granny’s thoughts and past life, it has a very natural rhythm, even though the storyline itself is somber. Rather than approaching death with the seriousness and reverence, this story uses Granny’s stream of consciousness to tell the story of Granny’s