Granny Weatherall

Dealing with reality is a profound and difficult obstacle to overcome, but in life everyone is faced with it. Although it may come in any shape or form such as death or a breakup in a relationship, it has an important theme in many stories throughout literature. Katherine Porter’s short story “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” and Tim O’Brien’s short story “The Thing’s They Carried”, use common theme of dealing with …

…world, which is why he burns the pictures. Meanwhile the other men dealt with the reality of war through cutting of a thumb a dead corpse or carrying a rabbit’s foot. Works Cited Porter, Katherine. “The Jilting of Granny Wetherall.” Literature Reading Fiction, Poetry, And Drama. Robert DiYanni. New York: Mc Graw Hill, 2002. 443-449. O’Brien, Tim. “The Things They Carried.” Literature Reading Fiction, Poetry, And Drama. Robert DiYanni. New York: McGraw Hill, 2002. 607-618.