r ways and does not like change or surprises. She does not like admitting that she is getting old, and sometimes she needs help with things but will not ask for it. When baking the wedding cake she could not use the ingredients that Cornelia, her daughter had. She says she uses everything fresh when she is making her white cake. She has to handpick the eggs from the hens, churn the butter herself until she had heart pains. Then she asks her son to churn the butter, when she realizes she cannot do it anymore. She thinks the house has to be perfect, spotless, not a speck of dust anywhere. Granny Weatherall also thinks that the white tablecloth has to be put on the table for the night. She has to personally iron the tablecloth to make sure all the wrinkles are out. Granny Weatherall believes that a day is not finished until all the work is completed. No matter what obstacles are put in one’s way, they are there for a certain reason, to make one a stronger person. Granny Weatherall overcame all her obstacles: losing her first love, her husband, raising a family by herself, and losing her daughter while giving birth. ...
