True Courage
What is the meaning of True Grit in the novel? The novel true Grit from Charles Portis is about courage and resolves strength of the characters. I read that is about one girl of 14 years old that she is looking for one man that he killed her father, and Mattie Ross wants justice. As Mattie says “people do not give it credence that a fourteen-year old girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge her father’s blood, but it did not seem so strange then, although I will say it did not happen every day…. I was just fourteen years of age when a coward… Tom Chaney shot my father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas” (Porties 11). So Mattie asked for help to one man named Rooster to killed Tom Chaney, and she is going to pay fifty …show more content…
She wants to find the man named Tom Chaney, who kills Mattie’s father. She is only 14 years old, but she wants to do justice for the death of her father. Somewhat earlier in the novel, she is looking for Rooster Cogburn to help find the killer. While, she starts to find Tom Chaney, she crosses the river with her pony into Indian Territory. That happened after; Rooster says she can’t come on the manhunt, by Rooster. Mattie says, “I popped Blackie all the way with my hat as I was afraid he might shy at the water… we hit the river running and Blackie snorted and arched his back against the icy water” (Portis 107). That means this is a risky crossing in the deep water, but it doesn’t matter what she needed to do to finish her plan. Then, later in the book, after killed the murder, I see that Mattie was with a real bravery at the time she is in a pit full of snakes, bats, and skeletons. When she found the snakes, and the bats, she used a bone from the body to defend herself from falling further into the pit where the bats and snakes are. Mattie says, “I set my teeth and took hold…. I saw that some of the snakes were crawling out through the man’s ribs. Lord help me” (Portis 208, 209). This is like it no matter what you do to finish your goal. Now as you can see Mattie is the main character from the book with a great courage to finish her …show more content…
He is a marshal and pitiless man. He likes to pull a cork, and is the man who helps Mattie’s to find Tom Chaney, the man who killed her father. Rooster says, “I don’t believe you have fifty dollars, baby sister” (Portis 60). That mean he is going to receive fifty dollars if he killed Tom Chaney, but Rooster doesn’t believe in Mattie that she has the money. So then Rooster decided to help Mattie to go find Tom Chaney and killed. Even thought Rooster did no want to take Mattie to go find Tom Chaney, Rooster always protected her. For example at the end of the story when finally killed Tom Chaney and Mattie fractures her hand Rooster helped so that he could survive. So Rooster at this point helps Mattie, “to climb upon his back… supported my legs with his arm… Rooster himself began to run, or jog as it were under the load, and his breath came hard… being carried his arms sweat drops from his brown” (Portis 216, 217). Rooster did not give up to save Mattie’s life. Rooster has the most grit in the novel with no fear to kill Tom
What is the meaning of True Grit in the novel? The novel true Grit from Charles Portis is about courage and resolves strength of the characters. I read that is about one girl of 14 years old that she is looking for one man that he killed her father, and Mattie Ross wants justice. As Mattie says “people do not give it credence that a fourteen-year old girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge her father’s blood, but it did not seem so strange then, although I will say it did not happen every day…. I was just fourteen years of age when a coward… Tom Chaney shot my father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas” (Porties 11). So Mattie asked for help to one man named Rooster to killed Tom Chaney, and she is going to pay fifty …show more content…
She wants to find the man named Tom Chaney, who kills Mattie’s father. She is only 14 years old, but she wants to do justice for the death of her father. Somewhat earlier in the novel, she is looking for Rooster Cogburn to help find the killer. While, she starts to find Tom Chaney, she crosses the river with her pony into Indian Territory. That happened after; Rooster says she can’t come on the manhunt, by Rooster. Mattie says, “I popped Blackie all the way with my hat as I was afraid he might shy at the water… we hit the river running and Blackie snorted and arched his back against the icy water” (Portis 107). That means this is a risky crossing in the deep water, but it doesn’t matter what she needed to do to finish her plan. Then, later in the book, after killed the murder, I see that Mattie was with a real bravery at the time she is in a pit full of snakes, bats, and skeletons. When she found the snakes, and the bats, she used a bone from the body to defend herself from falling further into the pit where the bats and snakes are. Mattie says, “I set my teeth and took hold…. I saw that some of the snakes were crawling out through the man’s ribs. Lord help me” (Portis 208, 209). This is like it no matter what you do to finish your goal. Now as you can see Mattie is the main character from the book with a great courage to finish her …show more content…
He is a marshal and pitiless man. He likes to pull a cork, and is the man who helps Mattie’s to find Tom Chaney, the man who killed her father. Rooster says, “I don’t believe you have fifty dollars, baby sister” (Portis 60). That mean he is going to receive fifty dollars if he killed Tom Chaney, but Rooster doesn’t believe in Mattie that she has the money. So then Rooster decided to help Mattie to go find Tom Chaney and killed. Even thought Rooster did no want to take Mattie to go find Tom Chaney, Rooster always protected her. For example at the end of the story when finally killed Tom Chaney and Mattie fractures her hand Rooster helped so that he could survive. So Rooster at this point helps Mattie, “to climb upon his back… supported my legs with his arm… Rooster himself began to run, or jog as it were under the load, and his breath came hard… being carried his arms sweat drops from his brown” (Portis 216, 217). Rooster did not give up to save Mattie’s life. Rooster has the most grit in the novel with no fear to kill Tom