1. Summary
It is a story about Granny Weatherall. She was abandoned by three men. The first one is her past lover George. She put on the white veil and waited for him, but he did not show up. She was jilted. After being abandoned, she married John whom she did not virtually love. She even can not choose her own happiness and freedom that she wants. Unfortunately, she’s abandoned again. Her husband died, leaving several young children and her life changed again. She had to support the whole family. But that is not the end. Finally, she was abandoned by God. She once struggled with a long fever but God didn’t take her away. After that, she thought she could live as long as her father, however, God visited her without any omen. His coming is not to save her, but to take her life.
2. My point of view
The story of Granny Weatherall gives me a lesson. And it lets me know three things about my life.
Firstly, the story let me know lovers are selfish. Granny Weatherall put on the white veil and waited for her past lover George, but he did not show up. Before their wedding, they must be very happy. Because George was selfish, he gave her a French leave. And just left she went through the feeling of heart broken. The promises gave by the lovers are cheap. A promise may mean nothing, and it is just words to cheat. Love is full of happiness and sorrow, and may be it is the charm of it. This story let me know to be wise when I am in love.
Secondly, it is to accept the loss of the things we can not grasp. Granny Weatherall was abandoned several times. But she was not trapped by the losses. When she was jilted by her first lover, she was sad but instead of desperate. She met another man and had babies. She let things which she could not grasp go, and it would be a new start. Life is a changeable process, and full of chances. Today we may loss something. But to some extent, it also means we have the ability to own the other things. Granny Weatherall is a strong-willed and hardworking woman. Facing with these losses, she’s not defeated. She accept it, in my mind, she lives a better life.
Thirdly, I learned a quality from Granny Weatherall, that is, depend on ourselves. We all will
leave the hug of parents, and we will choose the way by ourselves. We live in a society in which no one will care a lot about us. Others give us pain more than help. We should learn to depend on ourselves. From the story we can see, the one we depended on will finally leave us. Just like the first lover of Granny Weatherall, her husband and the “selfless” God. No one we can depend on, because they may suddenly go. To support the family, she made the garden, fenced in a hundred acres and dug the post holes herself. She did all the things successfully and dependently.
3. Conclusion
This story written by Katherine Anne Porter aims to wake up women’s self-consciousness by presenting the difficulties of women’s life and criticize unequal treatment of women in society. Having a deep understanding of this novel, Porter’s novel-creating background and the main character, the old Granny in her novel is of great importance.
Also the story of Granny Weatherall enlightens me a lot. It let me know the art of living is to live for today. Yesterday will not be changed .We remember the beauty that faded, the love that waned. It is the reason our life is not happy. As a saying, “Life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to as many gifts, even while it ordains their finally relinquishments.” And we should not spend and waste our lives accumulating objects that will only turn to dust and ashes.
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