I was borne through the wandering and failing mind of the protagonist as she shoos away her concerned children at her deathbed. I don’t remember what my junior English teacher told me about any of that, but I do remember being transfixed by the story itself. High school English teachers often use Porter’s “Weatherall” story to teach “stream of consciousness” when they’re covering a modernism unit. I have found, in conversations with friends, that at least two of these are very frequently remembered by others as well. “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor “A Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne Porter There are only three short stories that I distinctly remember reading in high school:
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