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In “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter, Granny Weatherall, jilted at the “alter”? Yes! Liked being jilted? Of course not! But Granny Weatherall didn’t let this stand in her way of having a successful life. Successful to Granny didn’t mean she needed to be rich or be the most popular person in town or even have everything she wanted. To her it meant that her life was filled with joy, love, happiness, and that she was able to earn what she got instead of it just getting handed to her. Sitting around not getting over the jilt was not an option for Granny! This is why Granny went on with her life, made the most out of her life, and since she did all this her death even reflects her successful life. The first thing that Granny did to get over the jilt was to get on with her life. Granny did this by getting married to John. Most people might look at this and say she just got married to get married and that she didn’t have the feeling for John like she did for George. But if that were true then Granny wouldn’t have said, “ I wouldn’t have exchanged my husband for anybody except St. Michael himself.”1 (1,700) Her getting married was just the start. She also got on with her life by having chi