"I thought to ask him about the other gold piece, then checked myself, afraid he might force me to give over the one I had recovered" (Portis 198).
Mattie puts a large emphasis on the gold pieces and their meaning to her; she is ecstatic when they recover the first piece, and is constantly thinking about finding the second. It seems as if Portis uses them as a symbol of a piece of her father that Mattie needs to win back from Chaney; they are also symbolic in that they help lead her to avenge her father's death.
Portis, Charles, and Donna Tartt. True Grit. New York, NY: Overlook, 2010. Print.
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