Mattie's Grit - True Grit I

"I got up, my feet freezing, and arranged Papa's blankets and slicker over me as makeshift covers. Then I slept alright" (Portis 30).

Although Mattie is the one searching for a man with "true grit," it seems as if Portis has made her the character who truly has grit. Part of what makes her character so attractive is her lack of complaints toward things a girl would normally complain about, her resilience and unembellished mannerisms. If Portis had not giver her these qualities, the story whose have much less affect.

Portis, Charles, and Donna Tartt. True Grit. New York, NY: Overlook, 2010. Print.