Expert Answers
gbeatty 
| Certified Educator
| Certified Educator
Good question. The answer depends on when you are asking. By that I mean, in the very first lines of the story she is dismissive. She flatly says, “Get along now. Take your schoolbooks and go. There’s nothing wrong with me.”
She doesn't take the illness seriously, and she tries to get the doctor to leave.
She then claims she is well; she denies the illness.
Then her attitude begins to change a bit. She welcomes the illness as a chance to rest and reflect (though she still doesn't really call it an illness).
Finally, though, I'd say her attitude is one of perspective. Her past ups and downs are so intense that this illness isn't that big a deal…even if it kills her.
Greg
Further Reading:
Access hundreds of thousands of answers with a free trial.
Ask a Question
Related Questions
- At the beginning of the story, what attitude does Granny have toward the doctor, toward Cornelia,...
- 1 educator answer
- What are Granny's circumstances in the story?
- 1 educator answer
- What does Granny's name mean in the story? What would her character analysis be like?
- 1 educator answer
- How does Granny's vision of Hapsy foreshadow the end of the story?
- 1 educator answer
- What does the name Weatherall have to do with Granny's nature (or her life story)? What other...
- 1 educator answer
Popular Questions
- What does Granny Weatherall have in common with J. Alfred Prufrock?
- 1 educator answer
- Why doesn't Hapsy come to her death bed in "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"?
- 2 educator answers
- How would you characterize Granny Weatherall in "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"?
- 1 educator answer
- What is ironic in that Granny says she wants to see George 60 years later to tell him that she...
- 2 educator answers
- In the story, Granny said, "What was it? Something not given back...." What wasn't...
- 2 educator answers
