True Grit Vs Old Man And The S

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The dedication involved in the characters’ pursuits becomes more evident later on. “He is a great fish,” the old man told himself, “and I must convince him not to learn his strength…” As it was also with the Mattie from True Grit. “I knew both of them (Rooster and LaBoeuf) were waiting for me to complain or say something that would make me out to be a ‘tenderfoot.’ I was determined not to give them anything to chaff me about.” Her intents were not purely superficial though. Her anger toward “… a coward going by the name of Tom Chaney,” was a key factor in driving her to achieve her purpose. Finally, after toiling with the fish, the Old Man, “…took all his pain and what was left of his strength and his long gone pride and he put it against the fish’s agony,” in his last bout with the great fish. The same sort of event occurs at the same point in the story line in True Grit. ...

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