In both “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Porter and “Why I Live in the PO” by Eudora Welty, the main characters deal with family members which frankly they don't like. Due to the fact that both were abandoned by men, they are filled with resentment and anger which pushes these women to leave their families on bad terms. Porter and Welty present to us through the character's flashbacks and memories that we should choose our battles wisely when it comes to our families because one day they will be gone and some of us may miss our deceased loved ones, like Granny from "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall", or filled with hatred towards them, like the sister in "Why I Live in the PO". Porter and Welty both provide flashbacks and memories in their stories to help the reader see what Granny and Sister's lives were like before anything else. they split up with their families. Porter's "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" is filled with flashbacks and memories of Granny's past relationships with the only people she loves even though they are all dead. She remembered her youth, when she was strong, independent and with John, the man who supported her at the altar and died when her grandmother was young. She still loves him and wants to see him, but “John would be looking for a young woman with the pointed Spanish comb in her hair and the painted fan,” (Porter 81) she believed he wouldn't recognize her. The grandmother also lost one of her daughters, Hapsy, along with her newborn baby, who also died. When Grandma brought those memories to the surface, a dark fog clouded reality and she was lost and she remembers that "there was the day, the day, but a swirl of dark smoke rose and covered it, creeping up and over into the light field where everything was planted so c...... middle of paper ...... as to be pertinacious as Sister Flashbacks allow the reader to go back with the characters and see what we missed, for example; Grandma's happiest days when she had her man and was strong and young, or sister's happiest days when she also had her man and was treated respectably by some of her family members Also, I believe the point made by both authors were this: "Choose battles wisely and forgive or, suffer constant loss forever. "Works Cited Porter, Katherine. "Grandma Weatherall's Renunciation." Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. Ed. 79-86. Print.Welty, Eudora. Literature "Why I Live at PO": An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Writing. Ed . 42-50. Print.