the Jilting Granny Weatherball

Death is not the end; Death is the beginning of a new life without feeling. Our minds think of death, but our hearts think of life. Life is something Granny Weatherball wanted. But it was something she could not grasp. She wished she could go back and change a lot of things she did in the past. Those things she did wrong were racing through her mind.
This short story sends me in many different mixed emotions. It seems like she’s happy where she is in the hospital, but yet inside she’d filled with hate and sorrow wishing she could change some things she did in the past. So she died with pain and happiness.
On the other hand, some of the symbols in this story have very strong feeling. Such as the lamp. The lamp represents the death of Grandma Weatherball. When she was slowly fading away into the darkness, the lamp got darker and darker. The lamp also shows the regrets she wishes she could change. Those things she did wrong took over and slowly killed her. Another symbol in this short story is death. Death is not something that you can’t see or touch. It’s something that you feel. And overtime, it eats away at your heart and soul and kills you. Just like it did to Granny Weatherball.
Granny Weatherball’s personality is very optimistic in so many ways. She has all these thoughts going through her mind and is saying she is not ready for death but yet, she says she’s prepared for it. Her thoughts seem very different, it seems like she changes her mind with strong feelings that can’t be expressed.
This is a very strange short story and very very confusing. Granny Weatherball had no time to think off death, she had to think of all the things she did wrong in life while she’s on her deathbed. So when the time comes…be ready.