The Jilting of Granny Weatherall: Ellen Weatherwall In “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” Katherine Anne Porter focuses on the main character, Ellen Weatherall. Porter breaks down Ellen’s relationship between birth, death, and motherhood. She gives the reader knowledge of her values, goals, hopes, dreams, and fears through these stages of her life. Porter also locks in to Ellen’s conscious thought, but by seeing her recollections Porter examines her unconscious thought as well. Ellen Weatheralls viewpoint changes as an account of her life and death experiences. (West, 9)(Givner, 95,197) Lyin