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   The author does not specify a specific geographical place as the setting, but what is clear is that Granny is lying in her bed at home in this story.  Granny is dying, and again, the author does not directly state what her ailment is, but the reader does know that Granny, at "nearly eighty years old", is quite aged. Although the doctor in attendance keeps offering platitudes about Granny "being up in no time", and Granny herself keeps insisting that "there's nothing wrong with (her)", Granny is obviously seriously ill, slipping in and out of consciousness, and "while she (is) rummaging around she (finds) death in her mind".  Granny's children are very concerned; Cornelia is trying to be solicitous, and continuously cries, "oh, Mother, oh, Mother, oh, Mother", and Jimmy and Lydia arrive at Granny's bedside to see her one more time before she dies.

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   Posted by dymatsuoka on Tuesday October 7, 2008 at 3:35 PM