the jilting of granny weatherall by katherine porter

br part . The fact that he must be sacrificed (though never forgotten ) is indicative of Porter 's courage and determination at this point in her career . Adam dies in the influenza epidemic , and so does a part of Miranda 's world . Adam (called "the lamb " on one occasion ) will be offered up as appeasement to the god of war , or as innocence to the god of cynicism , or as the memory of Texas to a great writer in the act of transcending her childhood experiences . Adam Barclay is in one sense Miranda 's

(and Katherine Anne Porter 's "double " With Adam Barclay dies a lingering innocence , gentleness , and passivity that Porter will now no longer need in her quest for artistic dominance . Porter was in this sense "reborn " during the 1918 influenza epidemic in Denver

Porter herself , as is well known , came close to death in Denver during the selfsame influenza epidemic that she describes in "Pale Horse , Pale Rider . The faint touch of Texas (the Texas-born soldier ) reminds us that her breaking away from her roots was not to be easy . But the "refugee from Indian Creek " was never , ultimately , to forsake her homeland "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1929 The wasted life , a frequently recurring theme in Porter 's fiction , is in fact , one of the major themes of -94- br

Questia Media America , Inc /www .questia .com Publication Information Book Title : The Texas Legacy of Katherine Anne Porter . Contributors : James T . F . Tanner - author . Publisher University of North Texas Press . Place of Publication : Denton , TX Publication Year : 1991 . Page Number : 94...