Comparing Jilting Of Granny Weatherall And The Storm

Words: 465
Pages: 2
Open Document
Student: May Donayre
Instructor: Rashmi Roy
English 1118-75
February 4th, 2018

Characters’ Similarities and Differences

After reading the two different stories, in my opinion the characters of Ellen Weatherall (Granny) in Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” and Calixta in “The Storm” are actually both believable for me. “Believable” to me means realistic. They both have the characteristics of being a good mother even though they have their different ways on how to be a good mother. There are many attributes of Granny Weatherall’s personality that she’s not aware of—some endearing, some frustrating, and some tragic. She is a funny, wry woman, for example, who finds excessively good behavior annoying in everyone, including
Show More

Related Documents: Comparing Jilting Of Granny Weatherall And The Storm

FD Essay 1 1118

July, 2015 Comparing Believability between Two Fictional Characters Love is the chaos of many lives, "It's a very dangerous state. You are inclined to recklessness and kind of tune out the rest of your life and everything that's been important to you. It's actually not all that pleasurable. I don't know who the hell wants to get in a situation where you can't bear an hour without somebody's company." This quote by Colin Firth helps tie together the similarities both Ellen Weatherall (Granny) in Katherine…

Words 1004 - Pages 5