True Grit (pages 112-149)

POST #3 


Summary:
Rooster never did say that this adventure was going to be easy. Rooster and LaBoeuf teamed up and for now Mattie is still with them, riding by their side and putting her all in her duties when they are at rest. They were all riding by horse when white star shaped molecules fell from the sky, snow! They were all very far from shelter so they built a fire and made coffee and went to sleep. The snow was getting harder and they needed to find a shelter, they kept on riding. A few miles down they found a dug out, owned by two men named Quincy and Moon, they were both in their twenties. Rooster and LaBoeuf entered the dug out without consulting the owners. Rooster and LaBoeuf felt as if though Moon and Quincy were a bother, so they were tied up, and investigated. Quincy and Moon both knew about Haze and Ned, but neither of them wanted to speak up. Moon was shot by Rooster and he was about to die, he couldn't bare the pain. Moon started speaking and right at that moment Quincy sliced four of Moon's fingers off. Rooster killed Quincy and the last few minutes that Moon was alive he confessed that Ned and his helpers were going to stop buy to pick up the horses and ride off. Moon then died. Rooster and LaBoeuf and Mattie they all planned out a plan. They knew that Ned and his helpers were going to stop buy anytime to pick up the horses and they were going to attack. They're plan worked out. Ned and his helpers went to pick up the horses but they found it suspicious that Moon and Quincy were not there. Ned and Tom Chaney are suppose to be together, working along sides but Mattie has not spotted Chaney.

Quote:
Mattie said to Quincy "Yes, and I will say it again. I don't like they way you look and I don't like the way you are cutting up that turkey. I hope you go to jail. My lawyer will not help you" (Portis 132).

Reaction:
My reaction to what Mattie said to Quincy was shocking. Quincy didn't see it coming because he saw that Mattie was young and was girl he did not expect to have her speak up to him. I see Mattie as not a role model in the sense of her rudeness but a role model in the way that she stands up for herself regardless of who you are. She does not see herself as anything less than what she really is, and I look up to her for that.