True
Grit, Charles
Portis (4.0)
I knew of
the famous John Wayne movie ‘True Grit’ and the recent remake but was surprised
to hear they originated with Mr. Portis’s novel written in 1968. This is a simple, quaint story of a young
girl from Arkansas who is determined to find justice for her father’s
murder. I loved the simple purity of
this character and her resolute drive.
She is a great role model for any teenager – a fourteen year old who
works hard to support her family, is not afraid of adults (and this includes
some pretty shady characters) and who won’t let anything get in the way of achieving
her goal. The original movie made much
of Rooster Cogburn, the marshal hired to find the killer, but the hero of the
book is really Mattie Ross and her unending focus.
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