True Grit - Review by Allen Gloor

True Grit

By Charles Portis

Review by Allen Gloor 

I couldn’t imagine growing up in the old west. I also couldn’t imagine having to at the age of only 13 going out on my own to chase down my father’s killer and bring him to justice. But in the book True Grit that is exactly what Mattie Ross did. This book was exhalent and is one of my favorite books. Mattie’s father was gunned down in Fort Smith, Arkansas and was robbed of all his personal possessions over a poker game buy Tom Chaney. Mattie decided to take matter into her own hand and contracts Roster Cogburn to go into Indian territory and find Tom Chaney.

The best part of the book is Roster Cogburn. He is a very tuff man and he tells it like it is. He isn’t afraid to be blunt and to the point. Even though he is very tuff but to his friends he is nice and takes care of them no matter what happens.

The reason that this book is so good is that you don’t know what happened next and you won’t to find out if they ever find Tom Chaney and his group of outlaw friends.

Mattie Ross even though she is only 13 acts more like she is 30 and is very responsible even for growing up in the old west. Even though some people like the Texas Ranger LaBoeuf thinks she is better off staying in town and letting Roster and him handle finding Chaney.

The people that are in the book True Grit riley make the book exillent. LaBoeuf the full of himself Texas Ranger. Roaster the drunk get to the chase marshal and MattieRoss the young girl that wants her dad’s killer hanged.

Mattie thought the book was dead set on one thing and one thing only and that was to have tom Chaney hanged for what he did to her father and she wouldn’t stop for anything until the job is done. She would have gone after Chaney buy herself if no one else would have wanted to go with her.

The theme of the book was to never give up and no matter who you are you shouldn’t give up just because someone tells you no. Roster and the Texas ranger tried to keep Mattie from going with them but she never gave up, or when they found Chaney and they didn’t get him she just kept going and going.

This book is a very good book and it will always be a good book. A lot of people now would probably gust given up and wouldn’t have taken matters into their own hands like Mattie did. She riley never gave up and never doubted the decision she made.