True Grit

The True Grit novel was quite entertaining for me as a reader. I really enjoyed how sassy Mattie is and we see her go into this role that is consider unusual for a woman. 

We see Mattie put into this role, that she honestly has no control over. Her father is murdered and her mother is incapable of taking care of the household. So it’s up to Mattie to fix the mistakes and write the wrongs,It’s really interesting. 

La Boeuf was a great example of one, a man that goes under that stereo type of the american western. And two, being just fake. Just from day one with this guy he was so full of himself and you really just wanted to ignore everything he said. I did become satisfied when Mattie would basically resented his opinions. 

Marshall also didn’t fit the mold of the american western. He was old, lazy, and grumpy. He has this badass cooky grandpa charm that I love about him. 

Especially when he is around Mattie you feel their related sometimes and I guess thats because La Boeuf is such a contrast between the two. 

The american western has been this common ideology that we see far too common in movies these days and in books. But when reading this novel it was like a breath of fresh air to see a girl go into a situation she didn’t ask for. And she showed to me that, you have fight for what you want. Especially as a woman it made me realize that there will be people out there in the world, who will try to get me down for this kind of be be-foolery. Mattie did make me quite proud though, she kept her head high and persisted onward in what she needed to do to avenge her father and keep the family running. Mattie is a 10/10 of the coolest female protagonists on the list.