granny weatherall essay
...ome the male society and the devastation male intends to inflict on female. Throughout The passage Granny Weatherall is referring back to her time as being a young, happy and willing mother. She is clearly happy during these flashbacks, and not oppressed. In the passage she thinks, “I want him to know I had my husband just the same and my children and my house”, referring to George. That signifies female society proving to the oppressive male society that they can move on, take back their pride and be independent to fulfill their goals. Granny Weatherall also enjoyed being the cliché mother and wife because she felt needed, she felt loved. At one point she explains lighting lamps and thinks “they didn’t have to be scared and hang on to mother anymore…God for all my life I thank thee.” This quote shows the happiness she got from her children when they were young and she felt independent. She felt strong as a housewife, which is shown when she is thinking how she wants to clean and accomplish tasks in the beginning of the story and she feels like “rolling up her sleeves and putt...