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A 12 page essay, which discusses the work of Katherine Anne Porter, an American writer from the first half of the twentieth century who is primarily famous for her finely crafted short stories. While Porter's short fictional works stand alone as self-contained narratives, the characters she creates tend to appear in multiple stories, forming, collectively, a cohesive story line. This feature is evident in four short stories that outline the relationship which a particular grandmother, Sophia Jane Rhea, has with her grandchildren, one of which is Miranda, who recurs throughout many of Porters stories. The relations between the generations that these stories portray is one in which the generation of the Old South, that is adults who were products of antebellum Southern society, still rule. However, Porter pictures how the "Old Order," as she refers to it is passing. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Porters short fictional works stand alone as self-contained narratives, the characters she creates tend to appear in multiple stories, forming, collectively, a cohesive story line. This feature is evident in
four short stories that outline the relationship which a particular grandmother, Sophia Jane Rhea, has with her grandchildren, one of which is Miranda, who recurs throughout many of Porters stories.
The relations between the generations that these stories portray is one in which the generation of the Old South, that is adults who were products of antebellum Southern society, still
rule. However, Porter pictures how the "Old Order," as she refers to it is passing. The Source In "The Source," Porter provides the reader with basic facts about Sophia
Jane, her family and Southern society. The story begins with a description of how Sophia Jane anticipated each summer moving to the country for "relaxation" purposes. This did not meant
that she intended to actually relax, as it was her theory that a "change of occupation was one, probably the best way, of resting" (Porter 321). Sophia Jane would always
take the broad-brimmed shepherdess hat that she had woven for herself, but she never wore it. Instead she would continuously wear her "stiffly starched white chambray bonnet, with a round
crown buttoned on a narrow brim" (Porter 322). As this indicates, Porter skillfully builds a detailed picture of Sophia Janes character as a hard-willed, industrious woman, who would like
to relax her vigilance and assume the persona of a country shepherdess, but she can never quite bring herself to do unbend to this extent. She keeps her "starched" exterior
just as she wears a stiff, starched bonnet. Arriving at her country farm, Sophia Jane immediately sets about a tremendous amount of work. Everything must be scrubbed and whitewashed. She
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