Identify two themes that are clearly developed in this excerpt of the jilting of granny weatherall how does the author develop the two themes over the course of the text
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The Jilting of Granny Weatherall was written by Julia Wolf. In this story, the author mentioned about two themes, which are -
1)Betrayal and abandonment - This theme is related to the story's title. Ellen was a strong lady. But she faced a major pain from her would be husband on her wedding day. He betrayed her. After some time she became strong. But she couldn't forget about the pain.
2) Losses - Ellen lost everything from an early age. First, she was betrayed by her would be husband, then John came in her life but he died, Ellen became lonely again.
The Jilting of Granny Weatherhall is ascribed to Julia Wolf where there are two themes the author has dealt with.
First theme is betrayal and abandonment which is protagonist character Ellen, the bride-to-be who was beaming with happiness, faced from her groom-to-be on her wedding day.
He left her in the altar and she has learned to become strong. Second theme is losses.
Ellen weathered many pain and overcame many throbbing losses from her childhood.
She was betrayed by her husband on her wedding day and then John came in her life who died too, leaving her lonely again.