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When watching True Grit for the first time, it surprised me to see a female lead not being the damsel in distress, especially in films from around this time it's more common to see male leads driving the course of the story. But in this film the main character, Mattie, is brave and dead set on accomplishing her mission but more importantly she has grit. A resilience or capacity to withstand any adversity that may get in the way of getting what she wants. Her companion, Rooster, is one that is morally ambiguous, although not completely evil, some of Rooster's views are more skewed to his best interests and what benefits him the most. There's definitely a bond that develops between these two characters, both of them learn from each other and grow through out the film. One thing that I learned from this movie is that we could all use a little bit more grit. I for sure need to take some pointers from Mattie. 

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