An Explanation of Katherine Anne Porter "The Grave"

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The Leaning Tower called "The Old Order." Taken as a whole, the stories present the family history of a young girl named Miranda, Playing with her brother Paul in the empty graves that formerly contained many of the relatives.

The main character in The Grave is a girl named Miranda who, as the story goes, establishes a link between her adult life and a childhood memories. The story begins with a briefly recounted history of Miranda's grandparents. Her grandfather, who has been dead more than thirty years, has been moved from his grave twice. Each time his widow moves she digs up his grave and reburies him close to her, anticipating one day that they will be buried side by side. The first move was to Louisiana and the second move was to Texas. The author makes me think that the grandmother's constant relocation is because she is searching out her own place to be buried. In Texas the grandmother sets up a small cemetery in a corner of her farm. Over the years the family connection ...

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